by Zachary Janowski | Apr 27, 2012 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
The Connecticut Bond Commission will consider a $300,000 grant Friday to the New Haven People’s Center, an organization with ties to the Communist Party. According to the commission’s agenda, the center will use the money for “exterior masonry repairs, new roofing,...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 25, 2012 | General, Health Care
My latest post for HealthJusticeCT attacks two aspects of government health spending. First, buying healthcare for people is inefficient because they may prefer to have something else. This inefficiency is part of the reason taxpayers don’t get their...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 24, 2012 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
An audit of the Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired found certain interpreters overbill the agency which leads to higher costs for clients who use their services. The Auditors of Public Accounts said interpreters employed by the commission use labor grievances...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 19, 2012 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
When average Connecticut taxpayers completed their returns for the deadline earlier this week they may have paid marginal rates higher than the state’s top tax bracket because of the way the state phases out certain deductions. Marginal taxes determine how much of the...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 5, 2012 | Features, General, Transportation
U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy criticized state officials Friday for not having enough projects ready for construction, a characterization the Connecticut Department of Transportation contests saying there are numerous projects underway. Murphy, a Cheshire Democrat who is...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 22, 2012 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
Money wasn’t always so tight in Connecticut. Before the 2008 financial crisis, former Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Democratic leaders in the legislature set up a slush fund that allowed them to spend $26 million on grants to any recipient they chose. The grants...