As CT Mirror reporter Keith Phaneuf writes, Connecticut’s public employee pension fund is a mess with a proposal pending to defer billions of dollars in
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Rosario Named Chair Of Key Legislative Caucus
Bridgeport State Rep. Chris Rosario has been named chair of the Connecticut Legislative Black and Puerto Rican Caucus for the General Assembly session that convened
Read moreMalloy Highlights Pension Reform, Spending Cuts And Education Fairness
Facing a projected $1.5 billion state budget deficit with expected financial aid cuts to municipalities, Governor Dan Malloy on Wednesday delivered his State of the State
Read moreKohut Decries Elitist Conspiracy To Stifle Bridgeport Development
City policy wonk Jeff Kohut, a 2011 mayoral candidate, is not bashful declaring the reasons he says Bridgeport development has not advanced like other Connecticut
Read moreHerbst: Padding Pensions Pilfers Taxpayers
Pondering another run for statewide office in 2018, Trumbull’s Republican First Selectman Tim Herbst writes in a commentary decrying the state’s underfunded pension liability, “There
Read moreMunicipal Sales Tax On Table For Upcoming State Legislative Session
Senate President Martin Looney, prior to his kidney transplant on Tuesday, filed a series of bills for the legislative session that starts in two weeks
Read moreRosario Among Connecticut’s Seven Electoral College Voters, Himes: Say No To Trump
In the end, the national presidential polls were accurate. Hillary Clinton has mounted a nearly three million popular vote lead on Donald Trump, the fifth
Read moreBaraka Barbecues CT GOP Chief Romano Over Trump Comment
From the CT Working Families Party: A petition campaign calling on Republican legislators to ask for J.R. Romano’s resignation as Connecticut GOP chair was launched
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