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Lawmakers claim bill will lower energy costs by 40% over two years

1 week ago | insideinvestigator.org | Katherine Revello

A bill introduced late in the session would create an independent quasi-public agency to manage electricity rates that legislators say would lower costs by 40 percent over the next two years. In a press conference held prior to a Finance, Revenue, and Bonding Committee public hearing, a bipartisan group of legislators expressed support for SB 1560, saying it would help lower electricity costs and address Connecticut’s high electricity prices.
Senate confirms Gillett for PURA; Republican stage walkout

1 week ago | insideinvestigator.org | Katherine Revello

The Connecticut Senate voted to confirm Marissa Gillett’s reappointment as a Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) commissioner despite the Senate Republican caucus walking out of the chamber and refusing to vote on the nomination in protest.
Gillett clears final hurdle for second PURA term

1 week ago | insideinvestigator.org | Katherine Revello

The Connecticut Senate voted to confirm Marissa Gillett’s reappointment as a Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) commissioner despite the Senate Republican caucus walking out of the chamber and refusing to vote on the nomination in protest.
Senate Bills: Safety v. Your Right to Know

1 week ago | insideinvestigator.org | Katherine Revello

When the Connecticut Senate meets this week, legislators could potentially call from their calendar two bills that will make it significantly more difficult to obtain public records from the state’s public universities through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The first of these is SB 1233, a bill aimed at responses to a bias reporting tool collected by the University of Connecticut’s (UConn) Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy (IMRP).
Sole Suspect: Using FOIA Behind Bars

1 week ago | insideinvestigator.org | Katherine Revello

On April 8, 2014, Cordaryl Silva, then 26, was convicted of the May 12, 2012, murder of Javon Zimmerman, who was 22 at the time he was killed. Silva maintained that he did not do it and knew who did. But he refused to name the person whom he maintained was actually guilty. He asked the judge presiding over the trial for a 63-year prison sentence. He was facing 25 to 60 years for the murder conviction and three years for a probation violation. He was sentenced to 50 years.
Sound View residents raise sewer bidding questions

2 weeks ago | insideinvestigator.org | Katherine Revello

Residents of Old Lyme’s Sound View neighborhood continue to raise alarms about the town’s sewer infrastructure project, now questioning whether there were irregularities in the Old Lyme Water Pollution Control Authority’s (WPCA) bidding process for the projects.
PURA's Gillett gets okay from House

2 weeks ago | insideinvestigator.org | Katherine Revello

Marissa Gillett is one step closer to serving a second four-year term as the chair of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) after the House of Representatives, following a lengthy debate where Connecticut’s high electric rates were frequently at issue, voted to approve her nomination. Gillett’s tenure as chair of PURA has been marked by controversy. While supporters, including Gov.
Dissension at Middlebury BOS after signature stamp allegations

2 weeks ago | insideinvestigator.org | Katherine Revello

A Middlebury Board of Selectmen’s FOIA request resulted in dissension at a recent meeting, as allegations town checks were signed improperly became the focus of conversation. Multiple people present at the meeting also objected to what they described as an inaccuracy on the meeting agenda, which stated that a member of the town’s Greenway Committee’s term had expired but whom the Democratic Town Committee had recommended for reappointment.
CSDE continues interventions in Bridgeport, Hartford

3 weeks ago | insideinvestigator.org | Katherine Revello

The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) has ordered a forensic audit of the Bridgeport School District. At an April 2 meeting of the Board of Education, CSDE Deputy Commissioner for Academics and Innovation Charles Hewes provided an update on steps the department has been taking to address issues in the district. During a January 22 special meeting, the board voted to authorize CSDE commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker to take action to support the district.
Court rules school lottery algorithm exempt from FOIA

3 weeks ago | insideinvestigator.org | Katherine Revello

Data used to weight the placement algorithm of Hartford’s school choice program is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) according to a ruling from a New Britain superior court. While the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) claimed a FOIA exemption that applies to trade secrets, the court found an exemption that applies to pending litigation.