by Zachary Janowski | Sep 16, 2011 | Education, Features, General
State auditors first notified Southern Connecticut State University that it overpaid employees in a December 2000 audit, a problem that persists unresolved in the most recent audit, issued almost 11 years later. The Auditors of Public Accounts reviewed ten payments to...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 15, 2011 | Features, General
A $13 million profit from an investment in Taiwan is stranded on the island, unavailable to Connecticut’s pension funds, because the state Treasurer’s Office has failed to name an agent to handle its taxes there. The Taiwanese investment – up 16.8 percent annually,...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 13, 2011 | Features, General
Connecticut’s five Congressmen paid $1.2 million to 104 employees in the second quarter, according to the website Legistorm, including 14 who made more than $20,000. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd, had the most expensive staff, $267,900, while Rep. John Larson, D-1st, had...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 1, 2011 | Features, General, Health Care, State Budget
The University of Connecticut Health Center is considering an exclusive agreement with union contractors on its $864 million revitalization project known as Bioscience Connecticut, despite concerns about legal challenges and the increased costs under such agreements....
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 30, 2011 | General, Health Care
Here is my second contribution to the Health Justice CT blog: Civil society has to create the solutions to racial and ethnic health disparities. Some highlights: The best way to address racial and ethnic health disparities is through civil society, the institutions...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 11, 2011 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
Install timer on waterfall. Refurbish pool area lion-head fountain. Replace pool house French doors. These were three of the 47 work orders on 990 Prospect Street – the state-owned home where Gov. Dannel Malloy and his family are living – pending on July 26, according...
