It could happen here: Stolen retirement
Imagine if the federal government took your 401(k) in an attempt to save Social Security.
In Hungary this nightmare is a reality, as reported by the Wall Street Journal when the country’s economy minister first announced the plan in 2010.
Read More →State-subsidized Jackson Labs can count public school profs, contractors as employees
HARTFORD — In return for $291 million in state subsidies courtesy of Gov. Dannel Malloy, the Jackson Laboratory must create 300 jobs – but taxpayers will pay the salaries for 10 of those employees.
Read More →Conn. Registrar: Hartford won’t fully fund GOP Presidential primary
HARTFORD — The Hartford City Council is not willing to put $90,000 of the city’s $545 million budget toward the April 24 Republican Presidential primary, according to the city’s Republican Registrar of Voters, putting the capital city’s vote in jeopardy.
Read More →Most Connecticut teachers get tenure
By Zachary Janowski | Raising Hale
HARTFORD — Of the 1,395 first-year teachers hired in Connecticut for the 2005-06 school year who did not choose to leave their job, school districts denied tenure to only 71 teachers, meaning 95 percent of eligible teachers received tenure.
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