by Suzanne Bates | Jul 8, 2013 | Education, Features, General, State Budget
If you happen to be driving across Hartford around the time school lets out you may find yourself behind a full-size passenger van with a bright yellow sign that says “Carrying School Children” emblazoned on the back. Many of these vans are carrying children to and...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 28, 2013 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Years of budget gimmicks have left Connecticut with a billion-dollar deficit under normal accounting rules. That deficit fell by one third last fiscal year, from $1.7 to $1.1 billion, largely due to a reduction in accounts payable owed. This shortfall represents the...
by Jordan Otero | Jun 28, 2013 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The former chief financial officer of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation won big when he left his position in 2011, pocketing $50,000 under a separation agreement. The CLC and John Ramadei entered the agreement in November 2011. Under the agreement, the CLC paid...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 24, 2013 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The Department of Correction gave inmates paid holidays until auditors questioned the practice 18 months ago. According to a June 20 report by the Auditors of Pubic Accounts, the department unit charged with employing and training inmates had a tradition of paying...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 20, 2013 | Features, General, Health Care, State Budget
A federal judge sentenced a Norwalk drug and alcohol counselor to two years in prison after he admitted to billing Medicaid for hundreds of psychotherapy sessions that never occurred. The judge also ordered Alan Emmett Bradley, 57, to pay $151,898.75 in restitution....
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 13, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The largest hedge fund in the world is getting state aid amounting to what looks like $140 million to relocate from Westport to Stamford. That money has already started flowing. The State Bond Commission has allocated $16 million to Bridgewater Associates’...
