by Zachary Janowski | Jun 14, 2013 | Education, Features, General, Municipal
The average cost of educating a child from kindergarten through high school graduation in Connecticut is about $165,000, up nearly 10 percent from last year. According to Department of Education data, Hartford spent the most for each student who received a high school...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 13, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The largest hedge fund in the world is getting state aid amounting to what looks like $140 million to relocate from Westport to Stamford. That money has already started flowing. The State Bond Commission has allocated $16 million to Bridgewater Associates’...
by Zack Albert | Jun 12, 2013 | Blog, Taxes & Spending
The election of Kevin Lembo as the state’s Comptroller has always stood out, in my mind, as a bright spot in an otherwise dismal 2010 electoral cycle. His policy initiatives, especially those aimed at greater government transparency, seek to remind lawmakers of an...
by Andrew Parrish | Jun 11, 2013 | Economy, General, It Could Happen Here
Before Connecticut lawmakers could finish patting themselves on the back for a General Assembly session that left the state in a deeper fiscal crisis, worse business climate and with a downward spiraling economy, word broke that Texas Governor Rick Perry is planning a...
by Suzanne Bates | Jun 11, 2013 | Economy, Features, General
On the wharf, hundreds of lobster traps are piled high, waiting to be dropped into Long Island Sound. Standing on the Stonington Dock, Richie Maderia rattles off the list of regulations that affect the way he and his sons do business – trap limits, the size of the...