by Kimberly Glassman | Dec 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
The state’s final report on its three-year, Greater Hartford Mobility Study lays out plans for a dramatic change in the area’s transportation system but it first acknowledges the sobering — and lingering — reality: the damage done by 1960s-era urban renewal and...
by Kimberly Glassman | Dec 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
A federal grand jury’s investigation into how contracts were awarded through the state’s school construction grant program has quietly continued in recent months, with four detailed subpoenas issued this year — two as recently as October. The subpoenas, as well as two...
by Kimberly Glassman | Dec 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Biden administration announced on Monday a final rule implementing an executive order that will require project labor agreements on federal construction projects costing $35 million or more. It will likely result in PLAs being required on a majority of large...
by Kimberly Glassman | Dec 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
Between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30, there were 146 sewage spills into Connecticut’s rivers and harbors, according to state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection data. That number is led by Norwich, which has had 41 spills into the Shetucket River and 16 into the...
by Kimberly Glassman | Dec 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
Gov. Ned Lamont has approved the release of $7.2 million in state grants that will be used to support the remediation and assessment of blighted properties in nine municipalities across Connecticut. The grants are part of the Department of Economic and Community...