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John Trasacco, a Branford resident is accused of conspiring to steal more than $431,000 from West Haven taxpayers.
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John Trasacco’s attorneys sought to portray former state Rep. DiMassa as a sexual philanderer and gambling addict.
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Delay in creating different rates for lower-income customers in CT is raising concerns among lawmakers.
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Arrangement OK’d by CT Port Authority is criticized by lawmakers concerned about potential conflicts of interest.
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DiMassa, a former Democratic state representative, is accused of stealing more than $1 million from West Haven.
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An independent audit of state funded school construction projects won't be ready until June 2023.
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The financial scandal that has engulfed West Haven over the past year has cost the city access to state grant funding and is now threatening the municipality’s ability to borrow money on its own for future capital projects.
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The wife of former state Democratic lawmaker Michael DiMassa pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge on Tuesday and admitted to helping DiMassa, now her husband, to steal more than $147,000 from the city of West Haven. The federal conspiracy charge that Lauren DiMassa — formerly Lauren Knox — agreed to plead guilty to could land her in federal prison and will require her to pay restitution for the $147,000 she allegedly helped to embezzle.
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A city councilman and fire commissioner in West Haven, used his elected position as a leader of the city’s West Shore Fire District to authorize contracts and payments for a company owned by his wife and son, documents show.
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President Joe Biden’s health secretary came to Waterbury Tuesday to offer reassurances that the federal government would continue to fight for reproductive rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn of Roe v. Wade.