by Zachary Janowski | Sep 21, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Pratt & Whitney announced plans to close two Connecticut facilities, the Cheshire Engine Center and East Hartford’s Connecticut Airfoil and Repair Operations, in July 2009. The company planned to move the work to Georgia, Japan and Singapore. Pratt & Whitney...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 17, 2010 | General, It Could Happen Here
If the states are laboratories, then the lab to our north has at least one specimen growing out-of-control. Department of Social Services Commissioner Michael Starkowski recently told Connecticut’s Health Care Reform Cabinet about the contrast between insurance...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 13, 2010 | Education, Features, General, Health Care, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut faces a $2 million potential lawsuit from a woman whose only two fertilized embryos were mistakenly implanted in another woman at a private clinic affiliated with the University of Connecticut Health Center. The state has already paid a $45,000 settlement...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 10, 2010 | General, It Could Happen Here
Watch out, you might be eating too close to your pool. The Goldwater Institute in Arizona points out that if local officials are cracking down on pool parties, their budget isn’t tight enough. In Arizona, resorts have taken to throwing pool parties because of the...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 8, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
In a marathon, one runner leads the pack. In an army, one leader stands at the head. In the Connecticut General Assembly, everyone’s a leader. In the 36-member Senate, there are 36 leaders. The House is less Utopian with only two out of three state representatives...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 3, 2010 | General, It Could Happen Here
Minnesota has banned bar specials that only apply to women. However, the tradition of ladies night continues despite a decree by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights dating back to 1994. In a more recent move, the department is targeting five unnamed bars in the...
