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Former UConn graduate school diversity officer Charmane Thurmand, who was found by state ethics officials to have improperly given her husband a $53,000 fellowship, has paid a $20,000 fine two years after it was levied in 2019 — finally ending a long and contentious case.

Longmeadow Select Board formally calls for resignation of Hampden County retirement board, asks for state takeover Updated Mar 16, 2021; LONGMEADOW — The Select Board has adopted a resolution of “no confidence” in the Hampden County Regional Board of Retirement that calls for immediate resignations — and they’re asking other member communities to do the same. The March 9 resolution calls for the resignations of Executive Director Julianne Bartley, the four board members and Chairman ...

State commission says it will be back ‘sooner rather than later’ to check on Hampden County retirement board Updated Mar 10, 2021; Posted Mar 10, 2021 The Hampden County Regional Retirement System is headquartered at the Agawam Corporate Center, along with several other businesses and organizations. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican) Facebook Share Members of the commission that oversees the state’s public pensions say they are following up on the findings of an audit of the Hampden C...

Middletown DEEP Worker Fined For Ethics Violations Patch 3/2/2021 Vincent Salzo © Shutterstock A former analyst with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection paid a $5,000 fine for ethics violations, according to officials. MIDDLETOWN, CT — A Middletown man has paid a $5,000 fine for using state resources to run several private businesses while he was working with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, according to offi...

He was ordered to paid a $5,000 penalty to the Office of State Ethics.

Taking a step to fulfill one of his budget priorities, Gov. Tom Wolf and Democratic legislators on Friday offered a detailed charter school reform plan that they said would save $229 million annually, but which opponents said would hurt charter students.   “Pennsylvania’s charter school law is among the worst in the country,” Wolf said during an online press conference discussing the reforms contained in separate bills introduced in the state House and Senate.  Wolf and reform suppor...

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Democratic legislators offered a detailed charter school reform plan that they said would save $229 million annually, but which opponents said would hurt charter students.

FALL RIVER – Fall River Schools Superintendent Matthew Malone said he has no plans of resigning after the Fall River City Council this week overwhelmingly passed a “no confidence” vote, and called on him to step down. Malone, who has been under fire over allegations that he harassed his central office staff and used demeaning language, struck a defiant tone, saying he was “disappointed” in the city councils vote, which he called “a distraction from the important work” of education...

Published February 19. 2021 5:03PM  By The Connecticut Port Authority has taken a lot of heat, and for good reason. The state legislature is debating everything from requiring it to file more frequent reports with greater transparency to dissolving it. Meanwhile, ousting a road-salt distributor from State Pier in New London in the midst of this nasty winter — to make way for redevelopment that remains uncertain and is not close to happening yet — has been about as popular as Cruella ...

New London — Members of the Connecticut Port Authority have sought opinions from the Connecticut Office of State Ethics in response to questions and a challenge issued by The Day Editorial Board about whether certain activities constitute a conflict of interest. CPA board member John Johnson has asked for a ruling on whether his ownership of a commercial property near State Pier should prohibit him from voting on matters related to the pier. The quasi-public agency now owns and is managing t...