By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut state government’s pension fund increased in value by 15% during the fiscal year just ended, state Treasurer Erick Russell announced the other day, and its unfunded liabilities, while still in the billions of dollars, are being reduced steadily, even though its total liability still increases with the generous raises the DemocraticContinue reading “State pension fund’s gains do little for the private sector”
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Let the Sun set elsewhere; we have enough basketball
By CHRIS POWELL Why are Governor Lamont and state Treasurer Erick Russell so enthusiastic about using state pension money to make state government a minority owner of the Mohegan tribe’s Connecticut Sun women’s basketball team and move it to Hartford from the tribe’s reservation in rural eastern Connecticut? Postal service remains too quaint in ConnecticutContinue reading “Let the Sun set elsewhere; we have enough basketball”
State treasurer repudiates parental and women’s rights
By Chris Powell According to state Treasurer Erick Russell, a wave of fascism is sweeping over Connecticut. In an essay in the Hartford Courant last week, Russell wrote that several state legislators have “proposed legislation targeting transgender children,” legislation signifying “fanaticism” and an “extreme vision” that would deny rights to people. What exactly is theContinue reading “State treasurer repudiates parental and women’s rights”
