by Zachary Janowski | Sep 2, 2011 | Education, Features
State auditors have uncovered evidence of timecard forgery at Southern Connecticut State University, including suspicious signatures by a supervisor who was on vacation. The Auditors of Public Accounts released Monday their report on SCSU for 2008 and 2009 which found...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 26, 2011 | Education, Features, General
The state of Connecticut spends a lot of money supporting school districts, paying nearly 10 percent of the state budget in direct grants. And each year cities and towns put up a fight at the Capitol to keep their share of funds. The state’s educational cost sharing...
by Zachary Janowski | May 26, 2011 | Education, Features, General
Gov. Dannel Malloy celebrated the recent passage of a bill giving in-state tuition subsidies to undocumented immigrants by calling it “an increased opportunity for our state’s students to succeed in whatever path they choose.” As long as they don’t want...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 20, 2011 | Education, Features, General
Update your GPS. Bridgeport just got bigger. Forty-eight acres formerly in Trumbull are now in Bridgeport. Gov. Dannel Malloy signed Senate Bill 1238, a special act changing the municipal-boundary line between Bridgeport and Trumbull, Saturday after the General...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 14, 2011 | Education, Features, General, State Budget
The rich benefits of state-employee pension plans are well known. Many critics suggest they should be changed from defined-benefit to defined-contribution plans. Connecticut already has an optional defined-contribution plan, similar to a 401(k), higher education...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 17, 2011 | Education, Features, General, Health Care, State Budget
Federal officials denied the University of Connecticut Health Center a $100 million grant last month, which, according to the grant application, will pose a challenge for the state’s struggling academic hospital. The application – to fund one third of a $332 million...
