by Suzanne Bates | Jan 22, 2015 | Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The state’s Compensation Commission must have been inspired by the generosity Gov. Dannel Malloy exhibited last month when he gave dozens of senior officials 12 percent raises, and pushed several of his top commissioners’ salaries over $200,000. The commission...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 15, 2014 | Features, General, Municipal, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Two years ago, Superstorm Sandy flooded first-floor apartments at Washington Village in Norwalk. Now state and local officials are seeking to expand the project in the same flood-prone location using millions in state and federal taxpayer money, including $9.8 million...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 18, 2014 | Features, General, Health Care, Politics, State Budget, Transparency, Unions
House Republicans say a controversial healthcare economist behind Obamacare received at least $120,000 for his work in Connecticut. Jonathan Gruber of MIT has been in the spotlight for recently publicized video footage of him criticizing American voters for being...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 14, 2014 | Features, General, Health Care, Politics, Transparency, Unions
Remember Sustinet, Connecticut’s $1 billion-plus plan to combine Medicaid, state employee health plans and a government-run health insurer? In 2010, MIT health economist Jonathan Gruber performed modeling for the Sustinet plan. Gruber, considered an architect of...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 22, 2014 | Ethics, Features, General, Politics, Unions
A complaint alleges that a political action committee run by a Democratic state representative failed to disclose its activity properly, including last-minute contributions to town party committees right before the 2013 municipal election. After Donna Hemmann, a...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 21, 2014 | Ethics, Features, General, Politics
The Connecticut Democratic Party raised nearly $350,000 in individual contributions to its federal account last month, including thousands from state contractors. The party reported its latest haul to the Federal Elections Commission a week ago. Although state...
