by Zachary Janowski | Feb 11, 2011 | Features, General, Health Care
A government-run health insurance plan for Connecticut will get a public hearing Monday. For years, liberal interest groups and union organizers have pined for such a plan, which they call a public option. Many see it as a pathway to a single-payer system that would...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 3, 2011 | Features, General, Health Care
Federal intervention in Connecticut’s process for approving insurance rates prompted Florida to reject a $1 million federal grant. “We will not be drawing down on any of those funds,” Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said Tuesday. The grant came one from...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 2, 2011 | Features, General, State Budget
Environmental lobbyists moved quickly to take advantage of Connecticut’s change in governor and got a place of honor for a massive energy bill that will prop up solar generation with subsidies at the expense of consumers and employers across the state. These industry...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 28, 2011 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
Last year Gov. M. Jodi Rell vetoed a 90-page energy bill that passed in the waning days of the legislative session without the normal sequence of public hearing and comment. That bill is back – and as Senate Bill 1, highlighting its importance to Senate Democrats, who...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 24, 2011 | Features, General
“The sun did not shine. The Iraq war dragged on. And our once great economy Was almost all gone.” So begins Loren Spivack’s political parody of “The Cat in the Hat.” It’s opening stanzas blame Republicans, but the focus quickly shifts to “The New Democrat,” the title...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 21, 2011 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Gov. Dannel Malloy chose six current and two former legislators to serve in his administration, a decision that will cost taxpayers millions in extra pension payments when these public officials retire. All state employees, including legislators, are eligible for...
