by Zachary Janowski | Jan 16, 2012 | Energy, Features, General
Connecticut’s Attorney General and utility regulators paid lawyers – who “failed in the extreme” according to one federal judge – almost $4.6 million to challenge payments to three New York energy companies. The state began the appeal process last year despite the...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 13, 2012 | Features, General, State Budget
During the contentious Connecticut budget debates of 2011, a Latino advocacy commission had to award all the money in a small scholarship fund containing private donations to avoid losing it in a budget-balancing sweep of the account. Going into the budget debate,...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 6, 2012 | Features, General, Health Care
As part of the unionization process Gov. Dannel Malloy began last year with two executive orders, state officials are preparing to release the personal information of several thousand people who work for Connecticut’s elderly and disabled. In September, Executive...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 5, 2012 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
The board of directors for Connecticut’s government-run venture capital fund unanimously approved a $291 million deal Thursday with Jackson Laboratory, a Maine nonprofit, to subsidize its development of a facility on the campus of the UConn Health Center. The General...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 13, 2011 | Features, General
Certain Connecticut daycare owners have until Dec. 20 to vote on whether Service Employees International Union 2001 should represent them in negotiations with the state. The vote, part of a process kick-started by Gov. Dannel Malloy’s executive order nine, began on...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 8, 2011 | Features, General, Health Care
Without fanfare or announcement, Gov. Dannel Malloy has named the members of two working groups that will guide the unionization of home daycare providers and personal care attendants over the next year. The two working groups will meet Friday morning. The Personal...
