by Caitlin Landers | Jul 5, 2012 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
The General Assembly violated its own rules by spending leftover money at the end of the fiscal year, overspent on electricity and provided an $84-per-visitor subsidy to the Old State House, according to auditors. The Auditors of Public Accounts found the Joint...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 2, 2012 | Features, General, Health Care
I explained why I don’t think the individual mandate will work at a January speech to the Connecticut chapter of the Federalist Society. I included the text of those arguments in a blog post here: Once you reach 133.01% of FPL, things stop being so clear. At...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 29, 2012 | Education, Features, General
Wallingford schools will receive almost $70,000 in federal grants, according to the New Haven Register, for “electronic success programs,” teaching entrepreneurship and starting an aquaculture program. The Register reports Wallingford officials didn’t even know about...
by JR Romano | Jun 28, 2012 | Features, General
Give the governor a round of applause! He has successfully convinced the Connecticut-based Alexion Pharmaceuticals to move from one Connecticut location to…another Connecticut location. Meanwhile, the state still continues to struggle to create jobs, attract business,...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 27, 2012 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
Pensions for Connecticut state employees are worth nearly 50 percent of their income, according to a memo from the state Comptroller, only exceeded by the value of pensions for judges, worth about 58 percent of income. Regular state employee pensions are worth 46.01...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 25, 2012 | Features, General
Norwalk, Conn. – State and local governments will need to disclose unfunded pension promises alongside debt on their balance sheets beginning in 2015 after an oversight board voted unanimously Monday to change relevant accounting rules. The rule change will not change...
