by Zachary Janowski | Jul 20, 2012 | Features, General, Health Care
The nursing home company facing strikes at five of its Connecticut locations formally asked the state’s top prosecutor to investigate allegations union workers committed sabotage shortly before their strike began. Maureen Weaver, an attorney with Wiggin and Dana who...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 18, 2012 | Features, General, Health Care
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen will recuse himself from legal matters involving the strikes at several nursing homes after joining the picket line Tuesday, according to a spokesman. HealthBridge Management, owner of several nursing homes in Connecticut...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 17, 2012 | Features, General, Health Care
Striking nursing home employees who recently received the support of Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy on the picket line allegedly risked the lives of elderly residents when they removed medical id bracelets and committed other acts of disruption, according to a...
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...