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Office of Policy and Management

Two CT School Districts Now Must Pay Costs For Projects Earmarked As State Funded Two CT School Districts Now Must Pay Costs For Projects Earmarked As State Funded
Two CT School Districts Now Must Pay Costs For Projects Earmarked As State Funded Two Connecticut school districts have to figure out how to pay for the costs of school projects after the state informed them that the anticipated reimbursements from the state were incorrectly calculated by a fired budget official, according to a new report from the Connecticut Mirror. Officials in Hartford and Farmington were informed by state officials that the anticipated reimbursement rates violated state rules, CT Mirror reported on Thursday, March 3. The state informed town officials that Konstantinos Diamantis, the former deputy secretary of the Office of Policy and Manage…
COVID-19: Number Of Arrests In CT At Historic Low During Pandemic COVID-19: Number Of Arrests In CT At Historic Low During Pandemic
Covid-19: Number Of Arrests In CT At Historic Low During Pandemic With most confined to their Connecticut homes during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, crime is hitting historic lows statewide. In April, there were 2,734 arrests in Connecticut, down 46 percent from the month before (5,041), according to the state’s Office of Policy and Management’s (OPM) Criminal Justice Public Policy and Planning Division. In the month of March, when the pandemic first struck, there were 5,041 people arrested, which itself represented a historic low. Court arraignments also fell from 1,741 to 671 (61 percent) from March to April. From May 1, 2019 to May 1 this…