INTRODUCTION About 124,000 Connecticut government employees belong to a labor union.[i] These include teachers, state agency employees, police officers and other municipal workers. Unlike their private-sector peers who operate under federal law, most public-sector union
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The Department of Public Health dropped its fines against Audrey Hussey of Putnam, one of the first state residents hit with fines for allegedly violating Gov. Ned Lamont’s travel restrictions. Hussey had traveled to New
Attorney General William Tong confirmed that his office is investigating the Connecticut Port Authority in a letter to Senate Republican Leader Kevin Kelly, R-Stratford, and Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, who asked the attorney general
On July 25, 2020, Audrey Hussey left her rented house in Putnam, Connecticut and caught a flight from Providence, Rhode Island to New Orleans. The trip would fulfill two long-time dreams for Audrey: To visit
Bethel Superintendent of Public Schools Dr. Christine Carver did not release documents ahead of a January 26 Board of Education school budget presentation despite Gov. Ned Lamont’s executive order requiring all documents to be posted
Members of the state Compensation Commission for Elected Officers and General Assembly Members voted 3-2 today to recommend that state lawmakers and the governor receive a wage increase in January following the next election for
An updated Connecticut State Bond Commission agenda shows the commission will consider bonding $2.7 million for updates to Scalise Field at Sage Park in Berlin, where the Berlin High School football team – coached by
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday struck down a challenge to Gov. Charlie Baker’s emergency powers in a lawsuit similar to those filed in Connecticut, including one that will be heard in Connecticut Supreme
The Department of Developmental Services paid over $1.5 million over the course of two years for a child who had moved to Massachusetts, according to a new audit of the department. “The department paid approximately
Rep. Craig Fishbein, R-Wallingford, held onto his seat in the 90th district by a very tight margin after Wallingford learned of a mistake in Tuesday’s vote counting in which one district did not count any