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 | Dec 9, 2014 | Features, General, Legal/Courts, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The son of a Connecticut state employee cashed his dead father’s state pension and federal Social Security checks for 16 years until federal investigators learned of the father’s death in 2012 and discovered he stole nearly $350,000. Raymond LaChance, of Spring Hill,...
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 | Sep 10, 2014 | Features, General, Politics, State Budget
A Norwalk affordable-housing project received another $1.3 million in state support, bringing total government support to more than $43 million for a project with an out-of-state developer. Boston-based Trinity Financial is leading the $110 million Washington Village...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 5, 2014 | Features, General, Politics, State Budget
A peek inside the Governor’s Residence shows how Dannel Malloy has dealt with the joys and sorrows of being Connecticut’s chief executive. Some parties were catered, others canceled. On the joyous side, Malloy hosted a St. Patrick’s Day party for 200 people in 2013,...
