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2 weeks ago | 
courant.com | Andrew Brown |Dave Altimari
A Connecticut Superior Court judge issued a blistering decision in what could have been a routine hearing last month, possibly setting the tone in the criminal cases for the seven people charged with abusing Bridgeport’s absentee voting system.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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2 months 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.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
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.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
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.
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
courant.com | Andrew Brown |Dave Altimari
Five people, including three Bridgeport council members and the vice chairwoman of the city’s Democratic party were charged with election-related crimes on Friday as part of a sprawling investigation into the city’s 2023 Democratic primary, which resulted in widespread allegations of absentee ballot fraud and a judge overturning the results of that election.
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Feb 7, 2025 | 
courant.com | Andrew Brown |John Moritz
Gov. Ned Lamont proposed changes to Connecticut business taxes that would raise hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue over the next two years from large, multistate corporations while limiting a tax credit that has fostered movie and television production in the state. The tax reforms were part of Lamont’s proposed $55.2 billion two-year budget, presented Wednesday morning at the Capitol.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
courant.com | Andrew Brown |Jenna Carlesso
“As part of our strategy for our long-term care insurance business, we have been implementing, and expect to continue to pursue, significant premium rate increases and associated benefit reductions …" company officials wrote. Originally Published: January 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM EST
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
courant.com | Andrew Brown
Bridgeport city councilman Alfredo Castillo was referred to state prosecutors on Tuesday for potential criminal charges related to allegedly registering a non U.S. citizen to vote in the city’s 2023 Democratic primary and filling out an absentee ballot in that person’s name. The State Elections Enforcement Commission spent roughly three months investigating those allegations before deciding Tuesday there is enough evidence to recommend Castillo for criminal charges.
