Jacqueline Rabe Thomas

Connecticut

Investigative Reporter at Hearst Connecticut Media Group

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CT legislators pass bills to prevent lavish spending by state workers

3 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Jacqueline Rabe Thomas

Connecticut lawmakers unanimously approved two bills in response to a CT Insider investigation that found the chancellor of the state's largest public college system repeatedly used student- and taxpayer-funded expense accounts to pay for pricey dinners with other state employees and chauffeur rides and was provided a housing allowance, but never moved to the state full-time. The bills now head to the Gov. Ned Lamont's desk, and on Wednesday his office said he plans to sign them into law.
Lawmakers blast departure deal given to CSCU head after controversy

1 month ago | ctinsider.com | Jacqueline Rabe Thomas

Maddening, unconscionable, outrageous, alarming, disappointing. Those are the words Democratic and Republican legislative leaders used to react to the announcement that the head of Connecticut's largest public college system will continue to collect his $442,000 salary for a year after agreeing to step down as chancellor following outcry about his spending habits. "To know that there's a half a million dollars being spent for someone not to work for us on a regular basis is maddening," state Rep.
Lawmakers blast departure deal given to CSCU head after controversy

1 month ago | milfordmirror.com | Jacqueline Rabe Thomas

Maddening, unconscionable, outrageous, alarming, disappointing. Those are the words Democratic and Republican legislative leaders used to react to the announcement that the head of Connecticut’s largest public college system will continue to collect his $442,000 salary for a year after agreeing to step down as chancellor following outcry about his spending habits.
CSCU head agrees to step down after spending controversy

2 months ago | theridgefieldpress.com | Jacqueline Rabe Thomas

Terrence Cheng, the embattled head of Connecticut's largest public college system, has reached a settlement agreement with the system's governing board to step down from the role at the end of June, officials announced Monday.
CSCU head agrees to step down after spending controversy

2 months ago | ctinsider.com | Jacqueline Rabe Thomas

Terrence Cheng, the embattled head of Connecticut's largest public college system, has reached a settlement agreement with the system's governing board to step down from the role at the end of June, officials announced Monday.
CSCU head agrees to step down after spending controversy

2 months ago | milfordmirror.com | Jacqueline Rabe Thomas

Terrence Cheng, the embattled head of Connecticut’s largest public college system, has reached a settlement agreement with the system’s governing board to step down from the role at the end of June, officials announced Monday.
CT demands Hartford nonprofit return state aid amid theft concerns

2 months ago | milfordmirror.com | Jacqueline Rabe Thomas |Steven Goode

Leaders of a Hartford nonprofit that runs a youth summer job program and other community improvement initiatives waited months to notify state officials of an alleged cyber theft of $300,000 in taxpayer-funded grants, according to records obtained by CT Insider. The three-month delay by the Blue Hills Civic Association appears to have violated a contractual requirement to notify state government officials within about two weeks of any suspected theft, the records show.
CT demands Hartford nonprofit return state aid amid theft concerns

2 months ago | ctinsider.com | Jacqueline Rabe Thomas |Steven Goode

Leaders of a Hartford nonprofit that runs a youth summer job program and other community improvement initiatives waited months to notify state officials of an alleged cyber theft of $300,000 in taxpayer-funded grants, according to records obtained by CT Insider. The three-month delay by the Blue Hills Civic Association appears to have violated a contractual requirement to notify state government officials within about two weeks of any suspected theft, the records show.
Gov. Lamont says CT is building lots of housing. The data says otherwise

2 months ago | ctinsider.com | Jacqueline Rabe Thomas |Alex Putterman

In recent months, Gov. Ned Lamont has regularly touted Connecticut's rate of state-financed housing construction, which he describes as a key tool to address high rents and low vacancy rates.
Critics blast Lamont, lawyers over stalled effort to improve fairness in CT courts

2 months ago | ctinsider.com | Jacqueline Rabe Thomas

State officials spent millions of taxpayer dollars over the past five years collecting data to examine if prosecutors' decisions lead criminal defendants to be treated differently in court based on their race, ethnicity, gender or hometown. But now, officials say, the data they've gathered so far is mostly useless.