09/06/17 – By Julie Appleby With insurance premiums rising and national efforts at health reform in turmoil, a group of 50 state bureaucrats whom many voters probably can’t name have considerable power over consumers’ health plans: state insurance commissioners. [Read more]
08/15/17 – By Dave Collins HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut State Police are citing “invasion of privacy” concerns in refusing to release the findings of an internal affairs investigation involving a trooper and two sergeants accused of fabricating charges against a sobriety checkpoint protester during an encounter recorded on video. [Read More]
08/22/17 – By Jesse Buchanan SOUTHINGTON — The Town Council took no action Monday on replacing the retiring town manager, but the issue was raised by councilors and residents. [Read More]
08/23/17 – By Eric Bedner HARTFORD — Republican Senate President Pro Tem Leonard Fasano of North Haven is criticizing the decision of the Connecticut State Police to conceal an internal affairs investigation involving three troopers who were recorded attempting to fabricate charges against an East Hartford man. [Read More]
08/23/17 – Editorial According to a WSHU.org (Conn. Public Radio) report, former Enfield Police Officer Matthew Worden has had nine lawsuits filed against him. [Read More]
08/09/17 – By Jen Cardines Democratic Board of Finance member John Moise filed an official complaint to the state’s Freedom of Information Commission in Hartford this week. Moise said that he mailed the document on Tuesday, Aug. 8 in regards to a meeting held by town councilors on the morning of Aug. 1. [Read More]
08/08/17 – By Leigh Tauss MERIDEN — The city is refusing to release a letter of discipline issued to City Attorney Deborah Moore, claiming its release may constitute an invasion of personal privacy. [Read More]
08/11/17 – By Editorial Board Before this challenge, lawyers and clients have broadly used the privilege to make more things disappear than has David Copperfield, the famed illusionist. [Read More]
06/29/17 – By Mike Savino HARTFORD — The Freedom of Information Commission Wednesday issued Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade a $500 fine after ruling that she improperly withheld documents last summer related to a proposed merger between Aetna and Humana. [Read More]
06/27/17 – By Anthony Moaton The ACLU of Connecticut is demanding access to information about police brutality settlements involving former Enfield Police Officer Matthew Worden.[Read More]