by Zachary Janowski | Jul 29, 2014 | Ethics, Features, General, Legal/Courts, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
New legal advice from the agency that regulates Connecticut elections suggests that state contractors using a common workaround to give money to state political parties could be violating the law in certain scenarios. Previous advice from the State Elections...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 16, 2014 | Economy, Features, General, Taxes & Spending
The First Five, Connecticut’s signature economic development program under Gov. Dannel Malloy, prompted five CEOs to move their companies. In return, they got taxpayer funding – and a shorter commute to work. Last month, a plan to move the hedge fund Bridgewater...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 3, 2014 | Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut’s oldest public-housing project, Washington Village in Norwalk, has received tens of millions in taxpayer money recently, including $30 million in federal funding this week, while a top leader of the developer in charge of the $110 million project has been...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 26, 2014 | Features, General, Health Care, Higher education, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The state awarded another $10 million in stem-cell research grants Tuesday, but not a single private company benefited. Like the $80 million awarded in the previous seven years, most of the money this year went to the University of Connecticut Health Center or Yale...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 23, 2014 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
A review by an unnamed software company found 4,500 improper licenses on state computers, according to the Auditors of Public Accounts, a failure that could cost more than $5.2 million. Auditors, reporting on the state’s former information technology agency now...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 20, 2014 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
The IRS has a $50,406.93 tax lien against the Hartford home of Democratic Sen. John Fonfara, chairman of the legislature’s finance, revenue and bonding committee which handles state tax policy. The IRS filed a notice of tax lien in October 2011 with the Hartford City...
