by Zachary Janowski | Dec 4, 2012 | Blog, Energy, State Budget
Awash in deficits, Connecticut needs to find some places to cut. Why, in the age of Amazon.com and self-publishing, does the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection have a book...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 24, 2012 | Blog, Politics, State Budget
Connecticut is looking for a new victim advocate and state officials are willing to pay the right candidate as much as $30,000 more than the person he replaces. The current victim advocate, Michelle Cruz, lost favor with Gov. Dannel Malloy’s administration by...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 23, 2012 | Features, State Budget
State officials charged with caring for children in need regularly travel out of state to visit children placed outside of Connecticut due to special circumstances. The out-of-state trips, many lasting overnight with a return flight the next day, are mandated once...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 18, 2012 | Politics, State Budget
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is one of the country’s most fiscally successful governors: “Many states and some localities are never ever going to be able to honor obligations they made,” Daniels said. “That will never be the case in...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 12, 2012 | Features, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut employers pay the second-highest rates for workers’ compensation insurance, according to a new study, with costs 60 percent higher than states ranked in the middle. The Oregon Department of Consumer & Business Services has published the study for...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 1, 2012 | Features, General, State Budget
Connecticut taxpayers own $23.2 billion worth of stuff, including more than $10 billion of infrastructure, a quarter-million acres of land and fine art worth almost $100 million, according to the state’s property inventory for 2011. Comptroller Kevin Lembo’s office...
