by Zachary Janowski | May 24, 2013 | Blog, General, Taxes & Spending
State auditors found a Southern Connecticut State University athletics employee received $36,015 for accrued leave upon termination. The auditors found the payment “was correctly calculated and adequately supported.” No surprise the state owes its...
by Zachary Janowski | May 23, 2013 | Blog, Commentary, Economy, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
ESPN is illustrating a cautionary tale about “economic development” – in other words corporate welfare – by laying off employees in at least one Connecticut location while receiving incentives for “creating jobs” in another location. If the state really doesn’t have...
by Zachary Janowski | May 22, 2013 | Features, General, Health Care, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Actuaries predict Connecticut will spend $1.7 billion less than previously projected on retiree healthcare over the next 25 years because of lower-than-expected costs and a slowing rate of growth in healthcare costs around the country. With the expected savings,...
by Zack Albert | May 1, 2013 | Blog, Economy, Taxes & Spending
Who is to blame for crony capitalism? The answer may seem simple, and yet that is the unlikely question posed yesterday in an Atlantic article by Timothy Carney entitled “The Case Against Cronies”. Even more unusually, Carney argues that politicians are not the only...
by Zack Albert | Apr 24, 2013 | Blog, Municipal, Taxes & Spending
It should come as no surprise that, in some ways, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra’s proposed FY2013-2014 Budget is a case study in what is wrong with government. What may be surprising, however, is that the document also offers very real solutions to some of those...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 22, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Transportation
The State Bond Commission will meet Friday to allocate more than $100 million in borrowed state money. Of the 31 projects on the agenda, three stand out. – $1.3 million for renovations to the Capitol and Legislative Office Building, including an “upgrade to the...
