by Zachary Janowski | Dec 2, 2013 | Ethics, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Transportation
A husband, wife and son each wrote $10,000 checks to the Connecticut Democratic Party weeks after learning the Department of Transportation selected their company for a $500 million Stamford redevelopment project. The state will provide $35 million for parking garages...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 27, 2013 | Ethics, Features, General, Legal/Courts, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut’s top ethics official “won’t confirm or deny” the existence of a confidential investigation into the scandal last year that tarnished the Congressional campaign of then-Speaker of the House Chris Donovan. The two top aides on Donovan’s campaign received...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 22, 2013 | Ethics, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Transportation
Eight donors affiliated with HAKS Engineers – a company paid millions a year by the state Department of Transportation – contributed $45,000 to the Connecticut Democratic Party last month. In all, the party raised a little more than $300,000 from individual...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 22, 2013 | Energy, Features, General, Politics
Twelve employees of Northeast Utilities made donations to the Connecticut Democratic Party in October, according to a monthly filing with the Federal Election Commission, as did two employees of its subsidiary Connecticut Light & Power. In all, the Democrats’...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 18, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
A Bloomfield woman acting as its treasurer allegedly stole thousands of dollars from the 2010 campaign of state Rep. Doug McCrory, D-Hartford, according to an arrest warrant affidavit, in addition to getting paid $6,600 to manage the campaign. Tanzania Cooper, 43, of...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 13, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Democratic state Rep. Bruce “Zeke” Zalaski of Southington didn’t run for re-election last year after a decade in the legislature, but he didn’t retire from public service either. In January, Gov. Dannel Malloy appointed Zalaski to the...
