by Zachary Janowski | Aug 16, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Legislators have attendance records ranging from 100 percent down to 23 percent, according to research by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy. The institute researched every vote on legislation taken during the 2010 regular legislative session and determined what...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 13, 2010 | Features, General, Municipal, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Transportation, Video
Chester First Selectman Tom Marsh is running for governor as a member of the Independent Party. Who is he? As first selectman, he saved American taxpayers $600,000, stopped polluting Chester Creek and set the 2010 town budget lower than the 2005 budget he inherited....
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 27, 2010 | Features, Taxes & Spending, Transportation
The federal government put nine Connecticut recipients of stimulus money on the naughty list because they did not report on $4.4 million by the April deadline, according to recovery.gov. The $787 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly known as the stimulus...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 23, 2010 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending, Transportation
Inaccurate financial reports, overstated job creation and an overseas project raise questions about how federal stimulus money is being spent in Connecticut. The administration of President Barack Obama has put an emphasis on making sure the money is used properly,...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 21, 2010 | Taxes & Spending
Several Connecticut corporations received funds under the federal Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). This is an update on which companies received such funds and have paid back the federal government. Company Name Headquarters TARP Funds Received TARP Funds Owed*...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 21, 2010 | Taxes & Spending
Maryland’s budget deficit was growing at an alarming rate. Sound familiar? To solve the problem the cash-strapped General Assembly decided to tax the state’s millionaires at the high rate of 6.25%. Instead of resolving the issue, the tax caused one-third of...
