06/20/18 – By Tony Spinelli Citizens who routinely and repeatedly file Freedom of Information complaints over thin reasons are the subjects of a new law passed by the state legislature and signed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy June 7. (Read Continue reading Vexatious FOI complaints subject of new law – The Wilton Bulletin
06/17/18 – Editorial An unhealthy secrecy surrounds faculty records in the Connecticut State University System. Those records are off-limits to the taxpayers who employ the professors. (Read More)
06/12/18 – By Sujata Jain Thousands of 911 calls were erased from the Waterbury Police Department’s hard drive during a software update, according to the interim police chief. (Read More)
06/07/18 – By Emily Brindley ANDOVER — Complaints that led to Selectman Jay Linddy being fired from his town jobs were prompted by his display of a lewd apron in Town Hall, documents released by the town Wednesday show. (Read Continue reading Andover figure lost job over lewdness; Selectman Linddy had obscene apron – Journal Inquirer
05/31/18 – By Matthew Zabierek Revealing the tax incentives offered in the state’s failed bid for Amazon’s second headquarters would put Connecticut at a competitive disadvantage, officials with the Department of Economic and Community Development argued during a Freedom of Continue reading State argues tax incentives offered to Amazon must remain secret – Meriden Record-Journal
04/05/18 – By Steven Goode The Blue Hills Board of Fire Commissioners abruptly relieved Blue Hills Fire Chief Robert Farmer of his duties at its monthly meeting Wednesday. [Read More]
03/11/18 – Release “If we want better government, we need better data.” That succinct observation by Michelle Riordan-Nold, Executive Director of the Connecticut Data Collaborative, summed up the push for legislation that would codify in state law an “expectation of Continue reading Public Access to State Government Data Would be Strengthened by Proposed Law – Connecticut by the Numbers
03/09/18 – By Christopher Peak After owning up to smoking pot, three top-scoring police recruits almost didn’t get the job — until police commissioners intervened and voted to let their past drug use slide. [Read More]
03/09/18 – By Christopher Peak A community policing panel — created to improve public confidence in the police — violated the state’s open meetings law in barring a citizen from a closed-door meeting with the police chief. [Read More]
03/07/18 – By Leigh Tauss MERIDEN — The city is attempting a second appeal of a Freedom of Information Commission ruling that city leaders violated open meeting laws during the 2016 search for a new city manager, a decision that Continue reading Meriden attempts second appeal of FOIC ruling – Meriden Record-Journal
