Benjamin Proto News Today

When the state of Connecticut wrote its policy on teleworking state employees, it included a provision for establishing performance measures to evaluate remote workers. Afterall, if supervisors don’t share a physical location with staff, how will they know if their staff is working efficiently?

A bipartisan bid by Connecticut lawmakers to move the state's presidential primary to an earlier date cleared a significant legislative hurdle Friday.

Both Democrats and Republicans in Connecticut are backing a proposal to move up the date...

In a moment of political comity, the chairpersons of the state Democratic and Republican parties recently appeared together to testify in favor of the...

In fact, candidates must explain themselves. It’s part of the job.

Republican Party Chairman Benjamin Proto Being a state party chairperson is a difficult, often thankless job, requiring the ability to herd proverbial cats, raise money and always be ready to address the media.  It requires the ability to handle criticism, constructive and otherwise, and be able to take a punch and, if necessary, respond in kind. There are many reasons why the Republican Party did the right thing in electing Ben Proto as its new Republican State Chair. Proto has unique backgro...

At least a half dozen of the roughly 20 towns facing such lawsuits have proposed settlements in the works, according to state court records. And the town of Stratford has resolved all of its cases, according to Christopher Tymniak, the town’s chief administrative officer. While details of the settlements have yet to be disclosed in most cases, in those that have been disclosed, towns are agreeing not to tax the systems moving forward. It’s unclear whether they are refunding money already pa...