Federal documents show former CT official 'Kosta' Diamantis was receiving personal checks from the owners of companies to steer building projects to them.
Connecticut has pledged to make law enforcement more transparent. NBC Connecticut Investigates put that to the test, seeing what it takes to get the documents.
Stamford mayor wants $10M to repair roads. What else is in his capital budget?
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Stamford Mayor David MartinTyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
STAMFORD Mayor David Martin has pitched a $53.1 million capital budget to leaders of the city’s Board of Representatives and Board of Finance. Just over a month ago, the planning board recommended its own vision for projects in the city, but priorities have since shifted.
“There’s been some evolution with regard to (the capital) budget since the planning board made its presentation,” Martin told the Advocate the day before his presentation to the boards.
The city’s capital budget goes hand-in-hand with its operating budget, which Martin also presented to the boards Tuesday.
Stratford has until Friday to figure out how to allocate COVID-19 stimulus bonanza
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Stratford Mayor Laura Hoydick leads a remembrance vigil for COVID-19 victims and survivors on the one-year anniversary of the first U.S. death from the virus outside City Hall in Stratford, Conn. on Monday, March 1, 2021.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media
STRATFORD A federal windfall of tens of millions of dollars is headed to town, but how taxpayers will benefit remains up in the air.
Mayor Laura Hoydick, who has until Friday to present her budget proposal, said Tuesday she’s among those still in the dark.
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CT is represented by only a handful of Black women. There s more work to do, they say.
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Pioneering Black women in Connecticut politics got together apart for a rare event Friday to talk about their paths to elective office, the trials along the way and the missions that remain at a time when there are only a half dozen in the General Assembly, and just two in New England’s congressional delegations.