Last week, Gov. Dan Malloy vetoed House Bill 5556, which would have brought needed transparency to Connecticut elections and made the Constitution State a national leader on campaign finance disclosure. At a time when outside groups are poised to swamp elections with historic levels of undisclosed political spending, it is unfortunate Malloy rejected this robust […]
June 19, 2012 @ 12:00 am
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Malloy Should Stand Up for Election Transparency
Last week, Gov. Dan Malloy vetoed House Bill 5556, which would have brought needed transparency to Connecticut elections and made the Constitution State a national leader on campaign finance disclosure. At a time when outside groups are poised to swamp elections with historic levels of undisclosed political spending, it is unfortunate Malloy rejected this robust […]
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Radio silence for Rowland on Wilson-Foley case
Congressional candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley said Tuesday that federal investigators want to know what former Gov. John G. Rowland did to earn $30,000 in consulting fees from her husband, Brian Foley. News broke Monday about a federal investigation into the Rowland-Foley business relationship, but Wilson-Foley said investigators first approached her husband weeks ago as she was […]
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Report: Connecticut was among nation’s worst at saving for public benefits
With states’ savings for employee retirement benefits at an all-time low, Connecticut ranked among the worst of the worst in 2010, according to a new report this week from the Pew Center on the States. Reeling from recession-driven investment losses, a pension raid to prop up state finances and a history of not saving for […]
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Alexion tapped as ‘First Five’ recipient
New Haven — Alexion, a global pharmaceutical company, was announced Tuesday as the recipient of up to $51 million in economic development aid that will help the company become the anchor tenant in the new Downtown Crossing project near the Yale medical campus. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy joined New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, his political […]
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Lembo launches ‘virtual roundtable’ to discuss policy with Connecticut
State Comptroller Kevin P. Lembo Tuesday launched what he is calling a “virtual roundtable” to gain residents’ insights into policy debates and questions. The comptroller said he would pose questions regularly through two sites: on Facebook at “Comptroller Kevin Lembo” and on the Office of the State Comptroller’s website at www.osc.ct.gov. “The virtual roundtable is […]