by Zachary Janowski | Jan 9, 2014 | Education, Features, General, Health Care, Municipal, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The Brookfield Board of Finance reviewed a draft audit Wednesday showing the town’s schools used improper accounting to hide overspending in the past two fiscal years amounting to $1.1 million. The town’s auditors from Mahoney Sabol & Company said the schools are...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 8, 2014 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Auditors found a $576 million accounting error in two Department of Social Services budgetary accounts. The discrepancies showed up in an audit of the Treasurer’s responsibilities for overall state financial operations. “Our review disclosed that the Department of...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 3, 2014 | Ethics, Features, General, Politics, State Budget
Representatives of three companies with connections to the affordable housing industry gave to the Connecticut Democratic Party in November. Bruce Whitaker Jr., owner of Millennium Real Estate, gave $5,000 on Nov. 19. Two days later, Gov. Dannel Malloy announced Sasco...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 27, 2013 | Ethics, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Transportation
The Connecticut Democratic Party continues to benefit from the generosity of a preferred developer selected by the Department of Transportation to develop the area near Stamford’s train station. Last month, the party collected $27,500 from donors affiliated with the...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 13, 2013 | Economy, Ethics, Features, General, Legal/Courts, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The list of state contractors banned from contributing to political campaigns is the best effort of state agencies, but it isn’t definitive, a reality highlighted by the absence from the list of several companies with publicly-acknowledged state relationships. For...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 11, 2013 | Education, Features, General, State Budget
The Board of Regents for Higher Education will give Christmas raises to 279 managers before a consulting firm completes a six-figure study of how it pays those employees. The board, which oversees Connecticut’s state universities and community colleges, hired Sibson...
