Connecticut was nationally lauded for its passage of a law that would implement a baby bonds program. Here’s how the program never got funded.
Paul Mounds
With praise and pointed silence, McCaw confirms tension in Lamont administration
The OPM Secretary affirmed a “close working relationship” with Gov. Ned Lamont while implicitly confirming a distant relationship with others.
In sealed grievance, Kosta Diamantis accuses top CT officials of mistreating OPM secretary
Diamantis’ grievance targets Joshua Geballe and Paul Mounds, claiming ‘openly hostile, condescending and abusive treatment’ of Melissa McCaw.
Live and on TV, gambling negotiations go public
The Lamont administration used a public hearing to dramatically stake its position in sports betting negotiations.
In COVID quarantine, Lamont joins the telecommuters
Given work-at-home routines, self-quarantine for COVID doesn’t have to be disruptive. Even if you’re governor.
Gov. Ned Lamont quarantines as spokesman tests positive for COVID-19
Gov. Ned Lamont and top aides began a self-quarantine Friday night after the governor’s communications director tested positive for COVID-19.
A new voice at PURA at a pivotal time in energy oversight
Connecticut’s energy regulator balked at Eversource’s calls for collaboration: “That implies it’s our job to get the lights on. And it’s not. It’s their job.
The COVID-19 playbook? A new chapter is written every day.
Connecticut is facing an emergency unlike others, whether measured by scope, duration or cost to the state and its economy.
Mounds succeeds Drajewicz as Lamont’s chief of staff
Ryan Drajewicz is leaving the State Capitol after 13 months as Gov. Ned Lamont’s chief of staff. His successor is Paul Mounds, the former Malloy aide he recruited to the administration. Josh Geballe was named chief operating officer.
Board approves Meriden administrator as next state commissioner of education
The board’s endorsement of Miguel Cardona was somewhat overshadowed by the controversy surrounding the process, however.
Lamont promises a cost-efficient, user-friendly government
Gov. Ned Lamont used his first cabinet meeting to introduce a new chief performance officer and a heavily hyphenated vision to transform government into a cross-agency, data-driven, user-friendly, cost-effective and outcome-obsessed model of stream-lined efficiency and private-sector discipline.
Lamont makes his first organizational change to government
Gov-elect Ned Lamont shared his first plans for restructuring state government Friday, announcing a new post of chief operating officer — a position recommended and never implemented decades ago in Connecticut, while becoming increasingly common in governors’ offices across the U.S.
Malloy makes mid-term staffing changes
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy named new communications and government affairs directors Wednesday as his administration announced the mid-term departures of three senior staffers: Mark Bergman, Devon Puglia and Paul Mounds.