by Zachary Janowski | Dec 19, 2012 | Education, Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut’s higher education bureaucracy – including a flagship university and its health center, four state universities and 12 community colleges – employs 29 spokesmen known as public information officers to work with the media, among other tasks, at a cost of...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 18, 2012 | Features, Taxes & Spending
Federal authorities arrested a Connecticut employee of the United States Postal Service Thursday on charges he set up a company to profit from construction contracts he oversaw. Robert Giulietti, 55, of Cheshire, was charged with bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud and...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 12, 2012 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
State officials are moving toward the establishment of a Department of Housing as provided for in last-minute budget legislation passed earlier this year despite a deficit of at least $365 million and administration talking points on reducing the size of state...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 5, 2012 | Blog, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
State auditors found the Department of Administrative Services and another small agency gave merit pay or performance bonuses to managers without the proper employee evaluations on file, raising questions about the legitimacy of the performance pay program. The...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 29, 2012 | Education, Features, General, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut’s 12 community college presidents receive about $13,000 a year in perks above and beyond standard state employee benefits such as salary, health benefits and retirement plans. The additional pay has three components, “optional expenses,” $3,250; “optional...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 29, 2012 | Features, Municipal, Taxes & Spending
With Hurricane Sandy threatening, it would pay for local officials to look back on the freak snowstorm that struck one year ago. The early snow stuck to leaves hesitant to fall bringing down many, many trees. The disruption in electricity to thousands of residents for...
