At an August 29 meeting of the Midstate Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Club, Gov. Ned Lamont said he wasn’t sure who would run Connecticut’s new paid family and medical leave program but that it could possibly be a private insurance company like The Hartford. “We haven’t figured out exactly who ...
In response to an annual transportation spending study published by the Reason Foundation, Connecticut’s Department of Transportation has started to reclassify the way it reports transportation spending to the federal government, according to CT DOT report. Connecticut ranked 44th in the nation for overall transportation spending but dead last for ...
The Connecticut Department of Children and Families, which has been under federal review for decades, may be foregoing federal funds by not properly reviewing debit card purchases or misclassifying services, according to a report from the Auditors of Public Accounts. The auditors identified nearly $300,000 in DCF administrative costs that ...
In 2008, Connecticut took out a $2 billion pension obligation bond in order to boost its teacher pension fund, which the state had underfunded for decades. The timing was calamitous as the country entered into the Great Recession which saw stock markets and real estate values tank – a period ...
It’s like a lesson in how to create a public-policy upheaval in Connecticut. One small law firm of five attorneys based in Hartford has successfully created a public-policy rift between Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration and the entirety of the Connecticut legislature after Lamont vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have ...
Research cited from Yankee Institute’s Marc Fitch on a new state union contract which allows workers to “telecommute” for up to half their hours. Aug. 18, 2019.