by Zachary Janowski | Jan 30, 2014 | Economy, Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
A jobs program to support the hiring of unemployed veterans has been slow to take hold with less than 10 percent of the money borrowed for the program reaching employers since 2012. Gov. Dannel Malloy and the General Assembly created “Step Up for Vets” nearly two...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 28, 2014 | Features, General, Health Care, Municipal, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Federal watchdogs faulted the Bridgeport Housing Authority Tuesday for improperly charging $1.7 million to Washington and for giving employees a “Cadillac” health plan. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of the Inspector General...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 23, 2014 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Gov. Dannel Malloy and two members of his cabinet signed a document changing the pay ranges and classification for the top echelon of state officials on Jan. 13, 2011, just a week after his inauguration. The changes made by the document, Item 1632-E Revised Executive...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 22, 2014 | Features, General, Health Care, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut’s agency for serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities runs five campus-style centers that on average cost more than Southbury Training School and twice as much as privately-run alternatives. The Department of Developmental Services...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 17, 2014 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Unions
The Department of Labor fired an employee for improperly handling a friend’s unemployment claim so the friend would receive extra pay, only to bring the former employee back to work months later. DOL put Edward Lombard on paid administrative leave on Jan. 29, 2013....
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 16, 2014 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Transportation
A Department of Transportation contractor working on the $567 million New Britain to Hartford busway improperly used materials imported from Canada instead of American material as required by the federal government. According to DOT spokesman Kevin Nursick, the...
