11:35 am | Zachary Janowski, investigative reporter for the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, addresses the Connecticut Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society on January 18, 2012. Dr. Roger Pilon, a Cato Institute Scholar, spoke earlier...

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Concession agreement falls short on pension savings

Concession agreement falls short on pension savings »

12:05 pm | The agreement to save money on state employee compensation negotiated by Gov. Dannel Malloy and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition last year will save $3.5 billion over 20 years, according to the...

January 26 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »
East Haven Mayor appealing to keep his disability pension

East Haven Mayor appealing to keep his disability pension »

11:36 am | East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr., who has been in the center of the news after the arrest of four East Haven police officers by federal investigators and ensuing inflammatory comments, is appealing...

January 25 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »
UConn Foundation pays for Malloy’s Europe trip, state owes foundation $18 million

UConn Foundation pays for Malloy’s Europe trip, state owes foundation $18 million »

06:30 am | The University of Connecticut Foundation will pay about $4,500 to send Gov. Dannel Malloy to the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, while the state owes the foundation $18 million in...

January 20 2012 / 2 comments / Read More »
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Why Obamacare will fail 11:35 am | Zachary Janowski, investigative reporter for the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, addresses the Connecticut Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society on January 18, 2012. Dr. Roger Pilon, a...

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Why Obamacare will fail »

Why Obamacare will fail

11:35 am | Zachary Janowski, investigative reporter for the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, addresses the Connecticut Lawyers Chapter of...

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Concession agreement falls short on pension savings »

Concession agreement falls short on pension savings

12:05 pm | The agreement to save money on state employee compensation negotiated by Gov. Dannel Malloy and the State...

January 26 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »

East Haven Mayor appealing to keep his disability pension »

East Haven Mayor appealing to keep his disability pension

11:36 am | East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr., who has been in the center of the news after the...

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UConn Foundation pays for Malloy’s Europe trip, state owes foundation $18 million »

UConn Foundation pays for Malloy’s Europe trip, state owes foundation $18 million

06:30 am | The University of Connecticut Foundation will pay about $4,500 to send Gov. Dannel Malloy to the World...

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UConn Foundation pays for Malloy’s Europe trip, state owes foundation $18 million »

06:30 am | The University of Connecticut Foundation will pay about $4,500 to send Gov. Dannel Malloy to the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, while the state owes the foundation $18 million in matching grants. Since 2007, the state has pledged to match one quarter of all donations to the UConn Foundation endowment. This commitment...

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Why Obamacare will fail »

11:35 am | Zachary Janowski, investigative reporter for the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, addresses the Connecticut Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society on January 18, 2012. Dr. Roger Pilon, a Cato Institute Scholar, spoke earlier in the morning about whether the individual mandate will hold up at the U.S. Supreme Court.  ...

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Concession agreement falls short on pension savings »

12:05 pm | The agreement to save money on state employee compensation negotiated by Gov. Dannel Malloy and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition last year will save $3.5 billion over 20 years, according to the latest actuarial valuation, less than half of the $8.3 billion estimated by the administration last year. According to documents released last year...

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Connecticut Innovations board unanimously approves Jackson Laboratory deal »

11:28 am | The board of directors for Connecticut’s government-run venture capital fund unanimously approved a $291 million deal Thursday with Jackson Laboratory, a Maine nonprofit, to subsidize its development of a facility on the campus of the UConn Health Center. The General Assembly passed legislation giving the venture fund, Connecticut Innovations, authority over the Connecticut Bioscience Collaboration...

January 5 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »
Connecticut Innovations board unanimously approves Jackson Laboratory deal

Connecticut spends $125,000 advertising stimulus funding »

11:55 am | Connecticut has spent “approximately $125,000” on signs advertising that project funding came from federal stimulus grants, according to state officials. State Recovery Act coordinator Matt Fritz said the figure includes $96,000 for signs related to transportation projects, including highways, bridges and transit. “The remainder is derived from signs for clean water, drinking water, diesel reduction,...

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Connecticut Innovations board unanimously approves Jackson Laboratory deal

Connecticut Innovations board unanimously approves Jackson Laboratory deal »

11:28 am | The board of directors for Connecticut’s government-run venture capital fund unanimously approved a $291 million deal Thursday with Jackson Laboratory, a Maine nonprofit, to subsidize its development of a facility...

January 5 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »

Is Connecticut dependent on federal disaster aid? »

Is Connecticut dependent on federal disaster aid?

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State sues jailed deputy warden to cover prison costs »

State sues jailed deputy warden to cover prison costs

12:54 pm | The state of Connecticut filed suit Oct. 6 to make a jailed former deputy warden pay the costs of his imprisonment, two...

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State to publish personal information of thousands who work for elderly and disabled »

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10:49 am | As part of the unionization process Gov. Dannel Malloy began last year with two executive orders, state officials are preparing to release...

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Malloy’s working groups to unionize daycare and healthcare get started quietly »

Malloy’s working groups to unionize daycare and healthcare get started quietly

07:56 am | Without fanfare or announcement, Gov. Dannel Malloy has named the members of two working groups that will guide the unionization of home...

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