by Zachary Janowski | Jan 9, 2013 | Blog, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
My latest post to Public Sector Inc.: … Whoever Connecticut’s next governor is – whether Malloy wins, loses or takes a job in Washington – his or her single most important task will be to negotiate a new agreement with state employees. If...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 5, 2012 | Blog, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
State auditors found the Department of Administrative Services and another small agency gave merit pay or performance bonuses to managers without the proper employee evaluations on file, raising questions about the legitimacy of the performance pay program. The...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 4, 2012 | Blog, Energy, State Budget
Awash in deficits, Connecticut needs to find some places to cut. Why, in the age of Amazon.com and self-publishing, does the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection have a book...
by Zack Albert | Oct 25, 2012 | Blog, Economy
While the government likes to point to their official unemployment rate as evidence for economic recovery, many argue that this rate, called U3, does not capture a full picture of the economy. Veronique de Rugy and Jason Fichtner of the Mercatus Center say that,...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 24, 2012 | Blog, Politics, State Budget
Connecticut is looking for a new victim advocate and state officials are willing to pay the right candidate as much as $30,000 more than the person he replaces. The current victim advocate, Michelle Cruz, lost favor with Gov. Dannel Malloy’s administration by...
by Zack Albert | Oct 4, 2012 | Blog, Education
One of Connecticut’s teachers unions recently found a new way to flex its political muscles: running a school. The New Haven Federation of Teachers runs the city’s High School in the Community, the sixth in a series of schools designated as needing a “turnaround” and...
