Inside Investigator

03/07/2025

The CSDE contracted WestEd, an education research nonprofit, to evaluate special education infrastructure, processes, and support and accountability systems.

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03/07/2025

Connecticut’s Early Childhood Education Endowment Fund is officially in use.

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02/07/2025

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02/07/2025

In July of 2024, Inside Investigator received two emails telling of Wesley Inman, a man who claimed to be a direct descendent of Jesus Christ embroiled in two court cases.

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01/07/2025

After dodging FOI requests and court-ordered discovery, claims to have found the 'draft' mentioned in text messages. Details:

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30/06/2025

Over the past 8 months, CT has been caught up in a regulatory battle that contributes to higher charges on your electric bill. With the re-nomination of Marissa Gillett today, here’s a look back:

As electricity costs continue to rise, a battle is unfolding for control of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA).

30/06/2025

What started as a long-term rental agreement in Rocky Hill has spiraled into a full-blown eviction battle. Ellen Lima has been trying to evict Dana Elise Silverman from her personal residence since early April.

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30/06/2025

Gov. Ned Lamont continued to back Marissa Gillett for chairman of PURA despite recent revelations that Gillett had “inadvertently” deleted key text messages between herself and a state legislator that were sought after as evidence in a lawsuit by state utility companies alleging Gillett was biased and improperly exercising her authority.

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29/06/2025

Despite negotiating the telework policy with SEBAC, Gov. Ned Lamont has insisted since the end of the pandemic that he would like to see state employees return to the office. With the teleworking matter now a subject of collective bargaining, it is probably unlikely to happen, even as the governor negotiates the next round of wage agreements.

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29/06/2025

CT bottle deposits have gone up, and that means a shift in the landscape for collection, redemption, and spending.

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28/06/2025

The Office of Fiscal Analysis released a report on projected budget surpluses and one thing is clear: there is a lot of volatility.

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27/06/2025

In the three years since Inside Investigator launched, we have undertaken several investigations with the goal of answering a substantive question but have run up against issues with the state’s record-keeping and data collection policies, resulting in those stories being primarily about administrative processes rather than providing clear-cut answers. This is one of those stories.