by Zachary Janowski | Apr 21, 2011 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
Congressman Jim Himes told a group of Hartford business leaders Thursday that Congress is “playing with fire” by debating whether to increase the debt ceiling. Himes, D-4th, said hesitation puts the full faith and credit of the U.S. government in jeopardy. “We have to...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 20, 2011 | Education, Features, General
Update your GPS. Bridgeport just got bigger. Forty-eight acres formerly in Trumbull are now in Bridgeport. Gov. Dannel Malloy signed Senate Bill 1238, a special act changing the municipal-boundary line between Bridgeport and Trumbull, Saturday after the General...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 14, 2011 | Education, Features, General, State Budget
The rich benefits of state-employee pension plans are well known. Many critics suggest they should be changed from defined-benefit to defined-contribution plans. Connecticut already has an optional defined-contribution plan, similar to a 401(k), higher education...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 1, 2011 | Features, General, Health Care, State Budget
The University of Connecticut Health Center malpractice account is underfunded with only enough money to cover one-third of the estimated claims against the state-owned hospital. Two years ago, this underfunding would have been illegal. The state required the health...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 30, 2011 | Features, General, Health Care, Taxes & Spending
SustiNet, the ambitious state plan to bring everyone with state-purchased insurance under one umbrella organization, will cost at least $62 million, according to a study funded by the state’s insurance companies. The report, completed by Hay Group of Arlington,...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 22, 2011 | Features, General, Health Care, Taxes & Spending
A fertility clinic affiliated with the University of Connecticut Health Center mistakenly implanted one woman with another woman’s fertilized embryo in 2009, but the doctor who runs the clinic still earned more than $800,000 last year making him the fifth highest-paid...