Rob Kane, the Republican auditor of public accounts, was found dead Friday at his home in Watertown after police made a wellness check at the request of his family.
Friends and relatives grew concerned after Kane, a divorced father of two, uncharacteristically failed to respond to texts or calls. Family members met police at his home, and the police entered and found his body.
“There does not appear to be any suspicious circumstances,” police said. As a matter of routine, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner will investigate the death.
Kane, 53, was a popular figure in political circles in Watertown and at the State Capitol, where he had been a state senator before being chosen by lawmakers for an unusual role in government: one of the two auditors of public accounts.
Democrats seek deal to add $114 million for tax-free property By Ken Dixon
Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney, D-New Haven
About $114 million from the state’s unexpected surge in sales and income tax revenue should be used to help make up for decades of under-funding the way Connecticut reimburses towns and cities for hosting colleges, hospitals and state-owned property, Democratic majority leaders said Monday.
They currently have no specific plan on how to pay for the proposal, as Gov. Ned Lamont prepares his two-year budget proposal for release next week.
In a joint news conference with members of the bipartisan Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, some Republicans offered qualified support for a three-tiered idea of sending money to cities and towns, as long as it doesn’t include an increase in tax rates.
Published January 29. 2021 1:08PM | Updated January 29. 2021 7:39PM
KEITH M. PHANEUF, The Connecticut Mirror
Fresh off extending Gov. Ned Lamont s emergency powers, state legislators are pressing Lamont on how and when he will divvy up nearly $1 billion in new federal relief earmarked for education and housing and they aren t alone.
The largest lobbying group for cities and towns also wants to know when more than half of that money approved by Congress more than a month ago will go to local school districts.
And behind those questions is another big one:
Can Lamont, whose emergency powers to handle the coronavirus pandemic recently were extended until April 20, make those decisions by himself even though he insists he won t?
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