Dave Altimari
Investigative Reporter at The CT Mirror
Investigative reporter at CT Mirror. Baltimore Orioles and horse racing fan.
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5 days ago |
bostonglobe.com | Ginny Monk |Dave Altimari
The Connecticut Senate on Friday overwhelmingly passed the most significant reform to the state’s towing policies in decades, a measure lawmakers said would help protect drivers from predatory towing. House Bill 7162 overhauls the state’s century-old towing statutes and comes in response to an investigation by the Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica that showed how state towing laws have come to favor tow companies at the expense of drivers.
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6 days ago |
courant.com | Ginny Monk |Dave Altimari
The Connecticut Senate overwhelmingly passed the most significant reform to the state’s towing policies in decades, a measure lawmakers said would help protect drivers from predatory towing. House Bill 7162 overhauls the state’s century-old towing statutes and comes in response to an investigation by the Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica that showed how state towing laws have come to favor tow companies at the expense of drivers.
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1 week ago |
propublica.org | Ginny Monk |Dave Altimari |Heather Vogell |Anjeanette Damon
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Connecticut Mirror. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. The Connecticut Senate on Friday overwhelmingly passed the most significant reform to the state’s towing policies in decades, a measure lawmakers said would help protect drivers from predatory towing.
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2 weeks ago |
courant.com | Dave Altimari |Ginny Monk
The Connecticut House of Representatives on Thursday night overwhelmingly approved a bill to overhaul the state’s towing law, making it harder to tow vehicles from private property and easier for drivers to retrieve their vehicles after a tow. After weeks of negotiations and just a few minutes of debate on the House floor, lawmakers said they came to a compromise with the towing industry.
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2 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Ginny Monk |Dave Altimari
He said he offered to pay $20 but that Whitey’s, a Hartford towing company, told him he had to pay the full amount. “They would not budge, period,” Hudson said. “So I can’t get my work equipment, and you expect me to make money to pay you?” When Hudson couldn’t afford to retrieve the car, he said, Whitey’s sold it, and he lost his belongings. Whitey’s has since closed, and its owner has died.
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