State Republicans Question Lamont’s Push to Use Pension Funds for Investment in Connecticut Sun

Should CT use pension funds to keep Connecticut Sun? GOP asks

Republicans are calling for a board to oversee pension funds, given Gov. Ned Lamont's interest in keeping the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun in CT.

State Republicans question Lamont’s push to use pension funds for investment in Connecticut Sun

Republicans in Connecticut are asking for details on Gov. Ned Lamont's push to use pension funds for a minority investment in the Connecticut Sun.

State Republican lawmakers question just how the Lamont administration plans to invest in Connecticut Sun

Republican representatives are asking for more transparency on the proposed use of state pension funds to invest in the Connecticut Sun.

Republicans question motivation of Connecticut Sun bid using pension funds

Republicans say they want more information on whether a plan to use state pension funds to buy a share of the Connecticut Sun is actually a good investment....

CT GOP asks state to rethink Treasurer's Office amidst Sun deal

Republican lawmakers held a press conference today demanding that Gov. Ned Lamont provide greater transparency regarding state officials’ recent exploration of investing pension funds into the Connecticut Sun, the state’s WNBA team. They posed these discussions as being indicative of a larger issue: a lack of meaningful oversight of the State’s Treasurer’s Office, who is the sole asset manager of state employee pension funds. “Connecticut is one…

Top state Republicans concerned about potential CT Sun investment

House GOP Republican Leader Vincent Candelora sits with Senate Minority Leader Stephen Harding.(Molly Ingram / WSHU )Connecticut’s top Republicans are concerned about the state potentially getting financially involved with the future of the Connecticut Sun.Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) met with officials from the Mohegan Tribe, which owns the team, on Wednesday. Lamont has said offhand that he’s open to using money from the state pension funds…