Andrew Brown

6 days ago | ctpublic.org | Andrew Brown |Dave Altimari

One of the highest-ranking officials in Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration was involved in the decision to cancel a 2020 audit that threatened to expose how a Connecticut eye doctor with powerful political connections had billed the state’s Medicaid program for procedures she never performed, documents show.

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Andrew Brown |Dave Altimari

One of the highest-ranking officials in Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration was involved in the decision to cancel a 2020 audit that threatened to expose how a Connecticut eye doctorwith powerful political connectionshad billed the state’s Medicaid program for procedures she never performed, documents show.

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Andrew Brown |Jenna Carlesso

Connecticut lawmakers are considering a long list of bills that could change which government records are accessible to the public or alter how public meetings are conducted in the state. Altogether, lawmakers have advanced more than a dozen pieces of legislation that seek to restrict the types of records that people can obtain through the state’s Freedom of Information Act, which was passed in 1975 to provide an avenue for the public to learn how their state and local governments are operating.

2 weeks ago | norwichbulletin.com | Andrew Brown

Connecticut’s Criminal Justice Commission voted Tuesday to appoint Judge Eliot Prescott to be the state’s next inspector general, tasked with investigating when people die in custody and deciding if police officers should be criminally charged for killing people while in the line of duty. The commission spent nearly all day Tuesday interviewing five finalists for the position before selecting Prescott for the job.

2 weeks ago | ctmirror.org | Andrew Brown

Connecticut’s Criminal Justice Commission voted Tuesday to appoint Judge Eliot Prescott to be the state’s next inspector general, tasked with investigating when people die in custody and deciding if police officers should be criminally charged for killing people while in the line of duty. The commission spent nearly all day Tuesday interviewing five finalists for the position before selecting Prescott for the job.