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Posted inEnergy & Environment, Partner Content

State audit says $300K in MIRA contracts lack ‘a public bidding process’

by Patrick Skahill | Connecticut Public March 3, 2022 @ 4:45 pmMarch 17, 2022 @ 5:36 pm

Auditors took issue with two purchases tied to aging machinery at the plant which is used to generate power in times of critical grid demand.

Posted inMoney

CT to audit every town’s use of federal CARES Act funding

Avatar photo by Andrew Brown November 23, 2021 @ 5:00 amApril 1, 2022 @ 5:31 pm

Officials are preparing to audit how Connecticut’s 169 towns and cities spent roughly $60 million in federal COVID relief funding.

Posted inPolitics

State looking into West Haven’s use of federal funds as mayor cites potential fraud

Avatar photo by Andrew Brown October 8, 2021 @ 4:11 pmJuly 15, 2022 @ 11:53 am

The mayor said an audit identified problems with how the municipality managed $1.2 million it received through the CARES Act.

A blue sign standing outside that says "State of Connecticut Department of Correction Hartford Correctional Center."
Posted inJustice

Audit: Reports not filed and lax oversight of overtime, paid leave at DOC

Avatar photo by Kelan Lyons September 9, 2021 @ 4:27 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 1:01 am

A DOC worker took more than a year’s worth of paid union leave over a two-year period, an audit shows.

Posted inHealth

Audit raises concerns about investigations of elder abuse in CT

Avatar photo by Dave Altimari August 13, 2021 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:57 am

The number of investigations into complaints of elder abuse increased by 29% over three years — even while caseloads increased.

Posted inMoney

State auditors find uncashed checks at Department Of Agriculture

by Patrick Skahill | Connecticut Public October 10, 2019 @ 5:44 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:15 am

Financial auditors Wednesday cited the state Department of Agriculture for a “serious breakdown” in its accounting procedures. It’s a breakdown that included numerous uncashed checks that were left in a safe in a store room in Hartford.

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Murphy presses bill that would force release of Trump tax returns

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat August 18, 2016 @ 1:44 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:56 pm

WASHINGTON — Since Donald Trump has declined to release his tax returns, Sen. Chris Murphy is backing a way to make them public – a bill that would force the issue. The effort is part of a renewed Democratic campaign over Trump’s tax filings.

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CT Lawmakers demand info on state VA facilities

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat May 23, 2014 @ 1:35 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:22 pm

Washington – The entire Connecticut delegation sent a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on Friday requesting information from a nationwide audit of VA facilities that pertain to hospitals and clinics in Connecticut.

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Esty votes with GOP for probe into IRS

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat May 8, 2014 @ 2:40 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:23 pm

Washington — Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, split from her party and with the rest of Connecticut’s delegation to the U.S. House with a vote Wednesday night to require the attorney general to appoint a special counsel to investigate IRS targeting of conservative nonprofit groups.

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