The COVID-19 pandemic has rightly led to high praise and support by lawmakers and state officials for hospitals that face potentially overwhelming numbers of infected patients and for small businesses that have been forced to close their doors to the public, but that support comes after years of policies that ...
An employee with the Department of Children and Families has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, according to an email sent today by DCF Commissioner Vannessa Dorantes to all DCF staff members. “We have received confirmation, and have been given permission to share with you, that an employee in the ...
Global financial services giant UBS AG received $11.4 million in loan forgiveness from the state of Connecticut after cutting roughly 1,300 jobs, according to both a state audit and information listed on the Connecticut Open Data website. The Switzerland-based bank which logged $42.9 billion in revenue in 2019, according to ...
Acting commissioner of the Department of Revenue Services John Biello was at the center of a complaint to the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and a lawsuit alleging discrimination, which eventually ended with a $31,568 settlement by the state. Former DRS Audit Supervisor Raymond Ostasiewski filed a complaint with ...
Sen. Julie Kushner, D-Danbury, was treasurer of the John J. Driscoll United Labor Agency during years in which $103,713 of state money dedicated to compensating workers affected by the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting went missing. The Sandy Hook Workers Assistance Fund was originally administered by the Judicial Branch’s Office of ...
The Department of Economic and Community Development was cited by state auditors for forgiving or modifying state loans to companies totaling $23.6 million and awarding $16 million in excess assistance through the First Five Plus program, according to a new state audit. The audit comes as DECD Commissioner David Lehman ...