3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1478+ words) Former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart pushed for a $204,000 severance package when she left office to run for governor last year, but settled for $150,000, claiming it as payment for more than a year and one-half of unused holidays, sick days…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (858+ words) In addition to billing tens of thousands of dollars of personal items to her city credit card, former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart received $32,000 as reimbursement for graduate school tuition, raising more questions about city spending decisions during her administration....

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (969+ words) After former mayor Erin Stewart’s stunning departure Thursday from the governor’s race, state Republicans and Democrats are now both looking ahead to their next steps in the battle against two-term Democratic incumbent Gov. Ned Lamont. McCaughey says she will receive…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (651+ words) The disclosures are detailed in a second report associated with a city-commissioned, private investigation of Stewart’s spending. Mayor Bobby Sanchez, the Democrat who replaced Stewart, said he ordered the investigation after hearing complaints about spending from city employees. Even before…...

4+ mon, 12+ hour ago   (838+ words) Republican gubernatorial candidate Erin Stewart promised supporters at a campaign rally Tuesday night she will make a substantive response to reports about her use of a city credit card for personal purchases while mayor of New Britain — but not until…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (914+ words) A leading Republican lawmaker is again demanding answers to questions about spending and decision making by the Public Utility Regulatory Authority as majority Democrats remain silent in the face of troubling disclosures about the authority in court and elsewhere in…...