by Zachary Janowski | Apr 15, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Thirty5 Bar & Grille, formerly known as Reuben’s Deli, is reportedly closed, less than a year after receiving $47,500 in taxpayer money. The Small Business Express Program, run by the Department of Economic and Community Development, awards grants and loans...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 11, 2013 | Education, Features, General, State Budget
Look at the evidence. The University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team just won its eighth NCAA championship. The men’s basketball team won the NCAA tournament two years ago. In 2011, the football team played in the Fiesta Bowl, part of the Bowl Championship...
by Katherine Concepcion | Apr 10, 2013 | Energy, Features, General
Connecticut’s green-energy bank is forming a legal entity to help advance a new solar initiative while protecting the quasi-public agency from investment losses. The Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority is preparing to launch its Solar Lease 2.0 program,...
by Zack Albert | Apr 10, 2013 | Blog, Taxes & Spending
On April 5th, as legislators in Hartford prepared to debate and vote on the budget and gun control legislation, the Hartford Courant released an article by Kevin Rennie which described a seemingly childish bureaucratic dispute. The story described a complaint lodged...
by Katherine Concepcion | Apr 9, 2013 | Education, Features, General, Health Care, Municipal, Politics
In response to the tragic Sandy Hook school shootings, Connecticut enacted last week one of the nation’s strictest gun-control laws, but the 140-page law isn’t just about limiting access to firearms. The Gun Violence Prevention and Children’s Safety Act comes...
by Katherine Concepcion | Apr 2, 2013 | Education, Features, General, Health Care, Municipal, Politics
Advocacy organizations and many Connecticut residents are united in opposing a bill mandating the psychiatric screening of children and teenagers in Connecticut. S.B. 374, An Act Requiring Behavioral Health Assessments for Children, would require schools to administer...
