by Kelly Delaney | Sep 28, 2012 | General
Just over a year ago the Connecticut General Assembly passed a controversial law allowing the early release of prisoners who show good behavior and participate in rehabilitation programs while serving time. The bill, which passed along party lines, allows non-violent...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 27, 2012 | Economy, Features, General, Taxes & Spending
State economic development officials ran 10 simulations to estimate the job creation impact of extending between $50 and $80 million to CIGNA in return for moving its corporate headquarters to Connecticut, but according to their testimony to Is over-processed on free...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 25, 2012 | Transportation
In 2010, the Department of Transportation awarded its largest contract ever: $356 million to rebuild the interchange of I-91, I-95 and Route 34 in New Haven. DOT awarded the contract, part of a $2.2 billion plan to rebuild the Q Bridge, to a joint venture of O&G...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 24, 2012 | Features
Lawyers for the state are reviewing more than a decade of foreign-exchange transactions on behalf of the its pension funds to determine whether the it should sue to recover improper charges. Attorney General George Jepsen engaged a Darien-based consulting firm last...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 19, 2012 | Blog, General, Taxes & Spending
City Journal published my op-ed yesterday about Gov. Dannel Malloy’s failing plan to save money from the state employee unions: Delivering his first budget address as Connecticut governor in February 2011, Dannel P. Malloy described the principle that would...