Connecticut’s Top State Employees

Posted on Feb 9, 2010 in Press HARTFORD – More than a thousand state employees are paid more than Gov. M. Jodi Rell, according to data now available to the public at www.CTsunlight.org, and a dozen earn an annual salary of more than a half a million dollars. • In 2008, 1,137 state employees earned more than the governor’s $150,000 salary. • 70 earned more than $300,000 • 12 were paid more than $500,000. All worked...
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Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant

Posted on Feb 8, 2010 in Accountability and Transparency, Data, Research HARTFORD – The Connecticut Department of Corrections hired Huggles the Clown for $600. The Department of Veteran’s Affairs spent $1,210 on New York Yankees tickets. A total of 1,137 state employees are paid more than the governor, and 175 retired state employees collect pensions of more than $100,000 a year. These facts are now publicly available online for the first time thanks to a new...
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