by Zachary Janowski | Mar 14, 2012 | Education, Features, General, Video
Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of schools in Washington, D.C., and founder of StudentsFirst, speaks on the steps of the Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut. The event was hosted by the Connecticut Parents...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 14, 2012 | Education, Features, General
Connecticut’s teachers unions have been effective at organizing opposition to speak at Gov. Dannel Malloy’s town halls on education reform. As Brian Lockhart reports from New Haven, “And while there were rows filled with supporters, the governor...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 9, 2012 | Features, General
A bill before the Connecticut General Assembly would expand daycare subsidies by covering teen mothers regardless of their parents’ income and subsidizing care for up to 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave or six months of unemployment. CTNewsJunkie reported on the...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 8, 2012 | Energy, Features, General
Newlywed former members of Pres. Barack Obama’s administration recently took jobs in Connecticut’s environmental bureaucracy despite the groom’s potential ties to Solyndra, the now-defunct solar company aggressively funded by the federal government. Michael “Mackey”...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 6, 2012 | Features, General, Health Care
In return for $291 million in state subsidies courtesy of Gov. Dannel Malloy, the Jackson Laboratory must create 300 jobs – but taxpayers will pay the salaries for 10 of those employees. According to the funding agreement that governs the relationship between Jax and...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 2, 2012 | Features, General
The Hartford City Council is not willing to put $90,000 of the city’s $545 million budget toward the April 24 Republican Presidential primary, according to the city’s Republican Registrar of Voters, putting the capital city’s vote in jeopardy. “Hartford Republicans...
