Michele Jacklin: Nix these new restraints on Connecticut’s FOI Act – Connecticut Mirror

04/26/2023 By Michele Jacklin The silence has been deafening. Curiously so. As state lawmakers continue to hack away at Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act, the response from members of the Read More …

State police findings demand greater transparency – New Haven Register

06/12/2022 From the New Haven Register Failing to investigate crimes. Driving while intoxicated. Improper searches. Violating protective orders. These are a few of the misdeeds, some of them criminal in Read More …

Editorial: Police in need of transparency – New Haven Register

06/03/2020 – By Mike Savino George Floyd’s death at the hands, or rather knee, of a Minnesota police officer demonstrates the difficulty in holding law enforcement accountable. (Read More)

Come clean on consultant – Waterbury Republican-American

05/31/2020 – Editorial With Connecticut emerging from the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Ned Lamont has hired Boston Consulting Group to assist in the reopening of the state. “What I hear from Read More …

Council of Non-Essential Businesses files FOI for CT Reopen Advisory group – Yankee Institute

05/20/2020 – By Marc E. Fitch The newly-formed Council of Non-Essential Businesses have filed a Freedom of Information request for all documents related to the Reopen Connecticut Advisory Group, a Read More …

Lack of transparency, not politics, led to demise of Partnership for Connecticut – Connecticut Mirror

05/27/2020 – By Mike Savino Ray Dalio took to Twitter over the weekend, doubling down on his stance that the Partnership for Connecticut ended because of a “dysfunction and damage Read More …

Education slush fund dies of accountability – Journal Inquirer

05/23/2020 – By Chris Powell Begun in secrecy, deception, and arrogance a year ago, the Partnership for Connecticut died the same way this week. Its tombstone should read: Let’s not Read More …

Lamont and his party don’t see eye-to-eye on secrecy rules for partnerships with private sector – The CT Mirror

05/20/2020 – By Keith M. Phaneuf As Connecticut’s education partnership with Dalio Philanthropies evaporated Tuesday, an aggrieved Gov. Ned Lamont insisted his administration wasn’t done teaming with talented individuals from Read More …

Some Lawmakers Complain About Lack of Transparency as State Readies to Reopen – NBC Connecticut

05/15/2020 – By Christine Stuart The more than 50 members of the Reopen Connecticut Advisory Committee will be making their recommendations about reopening Connecticut’s economy and schools to Gov. Ned Read More …

Region Could Lead the Way to Improve Lawmaking – The Day, New London

01/26/2020 – Editorial Board Southeastern Connecticut is fortunate to be represented in the state legislature by a politically diverse set of lawmakers, almost evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans. They Read More …