by Zachary Janowski | Mar 21, 2014 | Ethics, Features, General, Politics
The Connecticut Democratic Party continued to legally collect donations from state contractors using its federal account in February, according to the most recent Federal Elections Commission filing, raising a little more than $133,000 from all sources. Six ESPN...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 21, 2014 | Economy, Features, General, Taxes & Spending
The State Bond Commission will consider granting $3 million in state assistance next week to a company run by Josh Geballe, son of the co-founder of Voices for Children. Geballe is CEO of Branford-based Core Informatics. His mother, Shelley Geballe, co-founded and ran...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 19, 2014 | Features, General, Higher education, Transparency
This year, accountants included language emphasizing the close relationship between the University of Connecticut Foundation and state finances. The UConn Foundation is currently fighting legislation that would require it to comply with the Freedom of Information Act...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 14, 2014 | Ethics, Features, General, Politics, Transportation
Abul Islam was a generous donor to the Connecticut Republican Party – until the state elected a Democratic governor. Islam, as the principal of a state contractor, can only give to the federal accounts of either party. A party’s federal account cannot benefit...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 11, 2014 | Education, Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The largest teacher pension in the state of Connecticut goes to the head of the Capitol Region Education Council where he makes $130,000 in salary on top of his $198,000 pension. Bruce Douglas has headed CREC since 2001. CREC runs 18 magnet schools, administers...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 7, 2014 | Ethics, Features, General, Legal/Courts, Politics
The U.S. Supreme Court has restricted the meaning of honest services fraud since Gov. John Rowland pleaded guilty to that charge a decade ago, but the same law could be at issue in an FBI investigation of House Republicans. George Gallo served as chief of staff under...