by Zachary Janowski | Jun 30, 2011 | Features, General, State Budget
As part of his backup plan to balance the budget after state employee unions rejected a savings agreement, Gov. Dannel Malloy is cutting state aid to towns and cities by 2.4 percent or $54.4 million. According to a memo from the Connecticut Conference of...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 29, 2011 | Features, General, State Budget
With state employees rejecting a $1.6 billion concession agreement, Gov. Dannel Malloy has just days to implement his backup plan before the new fiscal year begins July 1. Malloy intends to do the cutting in a decentralized manner, with each agency head responsible...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 29, 2011 | General, Health Care
I will be contributing about once a month to the Health Justice CT blog. A new version of the site will launch soon, but here is my first post on why SustiNet won’t help the uninsured, the poor or the sick. Some highlights: Although some see a public option or...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 22, 2011 | Features, General, State Budget
State employee unions will finish voting this week on a concession package that, if approved, could reduce the long-term cost of pensions by $7.8 billion, in addition to the more immediate savings used by Gov. Dannel Malloy to balance the state budget. The Malloy...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 17, 2011 | Features, General, Video
“So any deal that comes down the pike, if it’s union construction jobs, it’s, ‘Eureka,’” said former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland at a Yankee Institute luncheon May 25. “That’s the new Connecticut.” Rowland, co-host of “Church and State” on WTIC AM weekdays from...