by Zachary Janowski | Aug 28, 2012 | Features, General, Health Care
The union striking at five Connecticut nursing homes has a well-funded pension according to one measure reported to union members, but a much less favorable position according to federally-mandated calculations. Service Employees International Union 1199 New England,...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 23, 2012 | Blog, General
Money magazine just ranked four Connecticut cities in the top 100 to live in nationwide. The four winning cities – Greenwich, Hamden, Fairfield and West Hartford – are nice suburban towns and have down well in previous Money rankings. While Connecticut has some of the...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 21, 2012 | Blog, Education, General
Jonathan Pelto had an interesting post over the weekend about unemployment in Connecticut. He criticizes the typically-reported unemployment rate and mentions the problems pointed to by other unemployment measures, something I have written about here and here. Pelto...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 20, 2012 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
NVCC is donating rows of computer monitors. NVCC is throwing away boxes of computers. NVCC discards dumpsters full of furniture. Photos provided to Raising Hale show furniture, computers and monitors being discarded by Naugatuck Valley Community College in large...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 9, 2012 | Education, Features, General
Cincinnati students learned more in the years after their teacher received an evaluation, according to a new study, findings that should encourage Connecticut’s implementation of a teacher evaluation system. Experienced teachers and administrators observed teachers in...
