Connect the Dollars Project

"I’m talking about basic betrayals of public office, trust, and confidence-in-leadership that are the table stakes of good government.​" Garrett Graff

Five Trump Scandals You’ve Probably Missed Swirling scandals—from the Pentagon to DHS to the IRS to the Labor Department—that represent basic betrayals of public office, trust, and confidence-in-leadership that should be the table stakes of good government.

Tom Swan, executive director and a lobbyist for the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, argued that two industries stand out in terms of influence.

“There’s absolutely no doubt that the utilities and the health care industries have way too much power at the State Capitol,” Swan said, asserting that Connecticut citizens pay higher health care costs and utility costs because of the sway those monopolistic industries hold.

More money, more influence? Here's who spends the most paying lobbyists in CT Do the companies or groups that spend the most have an outsized influence in Hartford?

https://ctmirror.org/2026/04/16/larson-bronin-in-a-tight-battle-for-campaign-donations/

Larson, Bronin in a tight battle for campaign donations Some of the biggest contributors to candidates for CT's 1st Congressional District were state legislators, PACs and Hollywood.