Andrew Brown

6 days ago | courant.com | 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 | courant.com | 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.

1 month ago | marijuanamoment.net | Mark Pazniokas |Andrew Brown

“From my viewpoint, this is a positive development both for the state and the cannabis industry in Connecticut.”The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection is removing oversight and enforcement of the marijuana industry from the agency’s Drug Control Division less than a month after state officials apologized for what appeared to be a retaliatory inspection at a cannabis cultivation facility.

2 months ago | courant.com | Dave Altimari |Andrew Brown

Former state deputy budget director Konstantinos Diamantis and former state Democratic lawmaker Christopher Ziogas were indicted Friday on federal corruption charges for allegedly pressuring state employees to cancel a 2020 audit that was examining a Bristol eye doctor’s Medicaid billing practices.

2 months ago | courant.com | Andrew Brown |Dave Altimari

State prosecutors took a big step Friday when they charged five Bridgeport Democrats with more than 150 election-related crimes, but arrest warrants suggest the sprawling investigation into voter fraud and ballot harvesting might not end there.