by Zachary Janowski | Dec 2, 2013 | Ethics, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Transportation
A husband, wife and son each wrote $10,000 checks to the Connecticut Democratic Party weeks after learning the Department of Transportation selected their company for a $500 million Stamford redevelopment project. The state will provide $35 million for parking garages...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 27, 2013 | Ethics, Features, General, Legal/Courts, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut’s top ethics official “won’t confirm or deny” the existence of a confidential investigation into the scandal last year that tarnished the Congressional campaign of then-Speaker of the House Chris Donovan. The two top aides on Donovan’s campaign received...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 22, 2013 | Ethics, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Transportation
Eight donors affiliated with HAKS Engineers – a company paid millions a year by the state Department of Transportation – contributed $45,000 to the Connecticut Democratic Party last month. In all, the party raised a little more than $300,000 from individual...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 23, 2013 | Ethics, Features, General
Connecticut’s lauded ethics laws allow state officials to make vague disclosures about their sources of income in some cases, but for Commissioner Dan Esty his wife’s filings as a member of Congress reveal more details than his own. Esty joined Gov. Dannel Malloy’s...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 22, 2013 | Ethics, Features, General
State officials required by Connecticut’s popular ethics laws to disclose their income are allowed in some cases to use vague terms such as “clients” to describe how they earn a living. Most state officials required to file a statement of financial interest –...
