by Zachary Janowski | Oct 15, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The Hartford YMCA will honor Earvin “Magic” Johnson Friday for his commitment to investments in urban and low-income neighborhoods. The state’s pension funds, managed by state Treasurer Denise Nappier, have lost more than $15 million of the $45.6 million they invested...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 5, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut’s two key financial reports for 2008-09 lacked critical information, according to a June report by the Auditors of Public Accounts. The auditors lacked the information to give a complete endorsement, called an “unqualified opinion,” in both cases. The...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 1, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut’s lame-duck governor is the third-worst in the country, according to a report by the Cato Institute, because of the tax increases and rise in spending under her watch. Cato, a Washington think tank, ranked 45 governors based on their spending, revenue and...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 28, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
On Sept. 15, one of the five Department of Public Utility Control commissioners, Amalia Vazquez Bzdyra, was arrested on a charge of shoplifting. According to City of New Britain parking records obtained in a Freedom of Information Act request, Bzdyra left the parking...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 27, 2010 | Features, General, Taxes & Spending
A concerned citizen in Stratford wrote a letter to his three representatives in Washington hoping they would oppose a change in federal policy, but their responses raise questions about how closely they read his letter. Samuel Rizzitelli, a financial planner with an...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 22, 2010 | Education, Features, General, Municipal, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Democratic candidate for governor Dan Malloy made a pitch to 3,000 teachers Wednesday night during a telephone town hall, using the opportunity to attack his opponent’s commitment to education funding and make other key distinctions. Malloy referenced the state’s...