Scanlon proposes tighter oversight of disability pensions
A recent report says many former CT employees are collecting disability payments despite working new jobs or not confirming their eligibility.
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A recent report says many former CT employees are collecting disability payments despite working new jobs or not confirming their eligibility.
A new report projects CT's revenue will drop $460 million over the next two fiscal years, but budget surpluses are still expected.
The $305.4 million in overtime that departments spent last fiscal year is nearly 50% higher than the $204.4 million bill they ran up in 2017.
State agency spending on overtime has risen nearly 50% in the past six years, and Connecticut's chief business lobby is urging Gov. Ned Lamont and the legislature to slam on the brakes. But given that officials shrank Connecticut's workforce for more than a decade prior to the coronavirus pandemi
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a $51.1 billion biennial budget early Tuesday morning that features a broad-based state income tax cut and dramatically boosts funding to local sc...