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The Fitch Files: Five more lawsuits filed against restaurants as legislature moves toward special session

A partial judgement was handed down by Connecticut Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher against two restaurants named in a class action lawsuit ...

December 11, 2019

Good GovernmentRegulation

Temporary income tax “myth” has roots in Weicker’s pitch to lawmakers, public

A CT Mirror article published on Nov. 21 pointed out that Connecticut’s income tax was never meant to be temporary, refuting a ...

December 3, 2019

Taxes

Connecticut ranked last for fiscal transparency

A new report released by Chicago-based Truth in Accounting ranked Connecticut dead last in the country for fiscal transparency, but that score ...

December 2, 2019

Good Government

Tolls

Toll infrastructure could be leased to telecom companies for “serious money”

Connecticut could potentially lease part of its tolling infrastructure to telecommunication companies looking to develop 5G wireless technology, according to emails obtained ...

December 10, 2019

Tolls

Lamont, Democrats settle on tolling trucks as protesters hit the governor’s mansion

House Democrats propose tolling trucks: Do the numbers add up?

Senate Republicans pitch pension bailout from rainy day fund to pay for transportation plan

The Fitch Files: Tax Commissioner warned Lamont administration that grocery tax could turn “into a thing”

Democrats in the House of Representatives and the Senate may have been surprised when Republicans held a press conference on September 12 lambasting ...

November 26, 2019

Connecticut state and local unfunded retirement obligations top $124 billion

Connecticut’s total state and local unfunded pension and other post-employment benefits (OPEB) liability is a whopping $124.9 billion, according to an independent ...

November 21, 2019

Local/MunicipalPensionsTaxes

Yankee Institute Statement on House Democrats’ Proposal to Toll Trucks

“The proposal by Democrats in the House of Representatives to toll only trucks is like a case of déjà vu. Gov. ...

November 19, 2019

Transportation

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The Fitch Files: Five more lawsuits filed against restaurants as legislature moves toward special session

Temporary income tax “myth” has roots in Weicker’s pitch to lawmakers, public

Connecticut ranked last for fiscal transparency

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Toll infrastructure could be leased to telecom companies for “serious money”

Lamont, Democrats settle on tolling trucks as protesters hit the governor’s mansion

House Democrats propose tolling trucks: Do the numbers add up?

Senate Republicans pitch pension bailout from rainy day fund to pay for transportation plan

The Fitch Files: Tax Commissioner warned Lamont administration that grocery tax could turn “into a thing”

Connecticut state and local unfunded retirement obligations top $124 billion

Yankee Institute Statement on House Democrats’ Proposal to Toll Trucks

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The Fitch Files: Five more lawsuits filed against restaurants as legislature moves toward special session

Temporary income tax “myth” has roots in Weicker’s pitch to lawmakers, public

Connecticut ranked last for fiscal transparency

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Toll infrastructure could be leased to telecom companies for “serious money”

Lamont, Democrats settle on tolling trucks as protesters hit the governor’s mansion

House Democrats propose tolling trucks: Do the numbers add up?

Senate Republicans pitch pension bailout from rainy day fund to pay for transportation plan

The Fitch Files: Tax Commissioner warned Lamont administration that grocery tax could turn “into a thing”

Connecticut state and local unfunded retirement obligations top $124 billion

Yankee Institute Statement on House Democrats’ Proposal to Toll Trucks

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