by Jordan Otero | Jul 30, 2013 | Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
A Connecticut legislator works for a nonprofit organization that is largely funded by the state, receiving more than $540,000 in the last three years. Rep. Terry Backer, D-Stratford, runs Long Island Soundkeeper, an organization he helped start two decades ago. The...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 26, 2013 | Features, General, Politics, State Budget
Fifth Street Financial Corp. will relocate to Greenwich thanks to a $5 million enticement from Connecticut taxpayers. Fifth Street Financial is a business development company, essentially a publicly-traded private equity firm. It buys, loans money to and invests in...
by Suzanne Bates | Jul 25, 2013 | Education, Features, General, State Budget
Connecticut is spending millions on so-called “phantom students” because it pays for some students twice – a practice that would end if the state instead “followed the child” with its education dollars. School districts are paid based on the number of school-aged...
by Jordan Otero | Jul 17, 2013 | Features, General, Health Care, State Budget
Although a Hartford health center has been making improvements since the state Department of Public Health started monitoring it last year, changes have been a long time coming. Charter Oak Health Center was placed on probation as part of a consent order after state...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 12, 2013 | Education, Features, General, State Budget
A national teacher-effectiveness organization rated all but one of Connecticut’s university-level education programs poorly in its first review of more than 1,000 programs across the country. The one standout program, earning three stars from the National Council on...
by Suzanne Bates | Jul 10, 2013 | Education, Features, General, State Budget
State officials recently approved borrowing $80 million to renovate Weaver High School, with Hartford picking up the tab for another $20 million, even though three-quarters of its desks are empty. The current 370,000 square-foot school building, which sits on a 29...
