by Marc E. Fitch | Feb 15, 2018 | Transportation |
Connecticut spends $99,417 per mile of road in administrative costs, according to the Reason Foundation’s annual study on state transportation spending and effectiveness. Connecticut had the highest administrative costs in the country, which were nine times the...
by Marc E. Fitch | Feb 15, 2018 | Education, Free to Learn, Yankee News |
Seven families with children in the Hartford public school system filed suit against the State Department of Education, the Hartford Public Schools Board of Education and Gov. Dannel Malloy -- among others -- today over what they say are unfair enrollment quotas for...
by Marc E. Fitch | Feb 14, 2018 | Education, Free to Learn, Pensions |
Connecticut’s discount rate for its teacher pension system remains higher than most other states, according to a report by the National Association of State Retirement Administrators. States across the nation, including Connecticut, have lowered their assumed rate of...
by Marc E. Fitch | Feb 9, 2018 | Fitch Files, Labor, Yankee News |
J-Con Woodworking, based out of Thomaston, Connecticut, opened in 1983 and quickly became a premier manufacturer of cabinets in Connecticut. Marquis (Mark) Converse and his wife Hilary ran the small shop, which employed more than a dozen people, including 8 carpenters...
by Marc E. Fitch | Feb 6, 2018 | Transportation |
Establishing tolls along Connecticut’s highways and increasing the state gasoline tax by 7 cents per gallon would allow the Special Transportation Fund to issue $1.2 billion in bonds in 2022, up from $800 million this year, according to Governor Dannel Malloy's budget...
