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Dodd-protégé Chris Murphy stumps in Boston
Rep. Chris Murphy told the New England Council in Boston Wednesday that voters are frustrated with Washington – and he is, too. “I can’t live with government on the back of a napkin,” said Murphy, D-5th and a candidate for U.S. Senate, explaining his vote against the...
Information overload? OPM doesn’t know how many reports it needs to write
Connecticut’s planning and budget agency, the Office of Policy and Management, is breaking the law – according to auditors – because the agency’s leaders don’t even know how many reports they are required to write. The General Assembly requires at least 100 OPM...
Gov. Malloy comes through for unions where legislature failed
Gov. Dannel Malloy took steps today toward forcibly unionizing daycare providers and home health care workers in Connecticut. Malloy used two executive orders, his ninth and tenth, to make the first steps toward forcing these workers to pay union dues like most state...
Retired warden had prison sex, collects pension behind bars
Neal Kearney, a former deputy warden with the Connecticut Department of Correction, is getting a different perspective on his old job – this time from behind bars. Kearney pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree sexual assault in June for getting sexual favors...
Six audits and 11 years later, overpayments still unresolved at SCSU
State auditors first notified Southern Connecticut State University that it overpaid employees in a December 2000 audit, a problem that persists unresolved in the most recent audit, issued almost 11 years later. The Auditors of Public Accounts reviewed ten payments to...
$13 million in Connecticut pension profits stuck in Taiwan
A $13 million profit from an investment in Taiwan is stranded on the island, unavailable to Connecticut’s pension funds, because the state Treasurer’s Office has failed to name an agent to handle its taxes there. The Taiwanese investment – up 16.8 percent annually,...
Connecticut delegation pays staff $1.2 million in Q2
Connecticut’s five Congressmen paid $1.2 million to 104 employees in the second quarter, according to the website Legistorm, including 14 who made more than $20,000. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd, had the most expensive staff, $267,900, while Rep. John Larson, D-1st, had...
Auditors find timecard forgery, 20 other problems at SCSU
State auditors have uncovered evidence of timecard forgery at Southern Connecticut State University, including suspicious signatures by a supervisor who was on vacation. The Auditors of Public Accounts released Monday their report on SCSU for 2008 and 2009 which found...
UConn Health Center considers exclusive deal with unions on $864 million project
The University of Connecticut Health Center is considering an exclusive agreement with union contractors on its $864 million revitalization project known as Bioscience Connecticut, despite concerns about legal challenges and the increased costs under such agreements....
Civil society is the only hope for better health
Here is my second contribution to the Health Justice CT blog: Civil society has to create the solutions to racial and ethnic health disparities. Some highlights: The best way to address racial and ethnic health disparities is through civil society, the institutions...