by Andrew Parrish | Jan 30, 2014 | Commentary, General, Politics
Anyone who watched Tuesday’s State of the Union address may have noticed a colorfully clad Rosa Delauro (D-3rd District) jumping for joy and high fiving fellow lawmakers at a particular point in the President’s speech. What inspired her gleeful reaction was Obama’s...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 30, 2014 | Economy, Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
A jobs program to support the hiring of unemployed veterans has been slow to take hold with less than 10 percent of the money borrowed for the program reaching employers since 2012. Gov. Dannel Malloy and the General Assembly created “Step Up for Vets” nearly two...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 28, 2014 | Features, General, Health Care, Municipal, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Federal watchdogs faulted the Bridgeport Housing Authority Tuesday for improperly charging $1.7 million to Washington and for giving employees a “Cadillac” health plan. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of the Inspector General...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 27, 2014 | Features, General, Legal/Courts
An old proposal would have brought the General Assembly and Judicial Branch under the State Library for the sake of preserving historical records and consistently maintaining government documents. State Librarian Kendall Wiggin said Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s administration...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 23, 2014 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Gov. Dannel Malloy and two members of his cabinet signed a document changing the pay ranges and classification for the top echelon of state officials on Jan. 13, 2011, just a week after his inauguration. The changes made by the document, Item 1632-E Revised Executive...