by Zachary Janowski | Mar 8, 2012 | Energy, Features, General
Newlywed former members of Pres. Barack Obama’s administration recently took jobs in Connecticut’s environmental bureaucracy despite the groom’s potential ties to Solyndra, the now-defunct solar company aggressively funded by the federal government. Michael “Mackey”...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 6, 2012 | Features, General, Health Care
In return for $291 million in state subsidies courtesy of Gov. Dannel Malloy, the Jackson Laboratory must create 300 jobs – but taxpayers will pay the salaries for 10 of those employees. According to the funding agreement that governs the relationship between Jax and...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 2, 2012 | Features, General
The Hartford City Council is not willing to put $90,000 of the city’s $545 million budget toward the April 24 Republican Presidential primary, according to the city’s Republican Registrar of Voters, putting the capital city’s vote in jeopardy. “Hartford Republicans...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 24, 2012 | Education, Features, General
In 2005, Bridgeport hired a special education teacher. After one year, she left Bridgeport to teach in another school district. After a year in that school district, she left to teach in another school district. In 2008, she quit for “personal reasons” only to take...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 23, 2012 | Education, Features, General
Of the 1,395 first-year teachers hired in Connecticut for the 2005-06 school year who did not choose to leave their job, school districts denied tenure to only 71 teachers, meaning 95 percent of eligible teachers received tenure. According to data obtained from the...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 22, 2012 | Education, Features, General
Ninety-three Connecticut school districts did not fire a certified teacher between Fall 2004 and Summer 2010, according to a review of state Department of Education data, including 20 of the 50 largest districts. Danbury (12th), Manchester (16th), East Hartford (17th)...
