by Zachary Janowski | Aug 23, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal uses a 20-plus-year-old desktop podium for his press conferences, while the state police officer who stands guard at Blumenthal’s 55 Elm St. office has one that cost $1,440. The Attorney General’s office bought the podium, a Forbes...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 16, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Legislators have attendance records ranging from 100 percent down to 23 percent, according to research by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy. The institute researched every vote on legislation taken during the 2010 regular legislative session and determined what...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 13, 2010 | Features, General, Municipal, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Transportation, Video
Chester First Selectman Tom Marsh is running for governor as a member of the Independent Party. Who is he? As first selectman, he saved American taxpayers $600,000, stopped polluting Chester Creek and set the 2010 town budget lower than the 2005 budget he inherited....
by | Jul 19, 2010 | State Budget
According to data from the State of Connecticut’s Office of the State Comptroller, Connecticut’s annual debt service payments have grown dramatically over the twenty year period from 1986 to 2005. The State’s debt service tripled from 1986 to 1996...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 16, 2010 | Education, Features, State Budget, Video
State Senator Kevin Witkos talks about the state policy of balancing the state budget with tuition dollars from state-run universities and colleges. Transcript Zachary Janowski: Hi this is Zachary Janowski from Raising Hale. Today we’re going to talk to Senator...
by Zachary Janowski | May 21, 2010 | State Budget
Despite a self-imposed statewide hiring freeze, the administration of Gov. M. Jodi Rell is looking to fill 41 state employee positions, according to a review of job postings on May 10. For example, the Department of Environmental Protection is looking for an “engineer...
