by Zachary Janowski | Nov 29, 2012 | Education, Features, General, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut’s 12 community college presidents receive about $13,000 a year in perks above and beyond standard state employee benefits such as salary, health benefits and retirement plans. The additional pay has three components, “optional expenses,” $3,250; “optional...
by Paige Rhymer | Nov 28, 2012 | Education, General
The poor performance of public education has surpassed importance on a state level and is now considered by the Council of Foreign Relations a threat to national security that will leave the country unable to compete and succeed in a global economy. Despite the fact...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 26, 2012 | Education, Features
Employees of the University of Connecticut receive free tuition at the college for themselves, their spouses and children, an in-kind benefit worth $4.7 million in 2011. In 2009, UConn gave $4 million in tuition waivers, according to documents obtained through a...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 29, 2012 | Features, Municipal, Taxes & Spending
With Hurricane Sandy threatening, it would pay for local officials to look back on the freak snowstorm that struck one year ago. The early snow stuck to leaves hesitant to fall bringing down many, many trees. The disruption in electricity to thousands of residents for...
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 19, 2012 | Politics, Taxes & Spending
Next time unions and their allies complain about money in politics, remind them unions invented political action committees. History professor Maury Klein writes for Bloomberg: The first organization to call itself a political action committee was formed in July 1943...