Yankee Institute

Ken Girardin

OVERDUE OVERSIGHT

June 23, 2022

INTRODUCTION About 124,000 Connecticut government employees belong to a labor union.[i] These include teachers, state agency employees, police officers and other municipal workers. Unlike their private-sector peers who operate under federal law, most public-sector union

Lamont Serves Up Misinformation on Taxes

June 10, 2022

Policy Brief

As state government suits up to combat election misinformation, Governor Lamont’s re-election campaign has served up a meaty example of false claims hitting the public. A television ad released by Lamont’s operation this week features

Are Gas Tax “Savings” Starting to Evaporate?

May 14, 2022

Policy Brief

The gimmicky gas tax cut adopted unanimously by the General Assembly in March, and extended to December 1 as part of the state budget, may be delivering less savings than promised. Connecticut suspended its 25-cent-per-gallon

Almost 3,000 CT State Workers Made More Than Gov. Lamont Last Year

April 21, 2022

Policy BriefOne Comment

The number of Connecticut state government employees making more than Governor Ned Lamont’s $150,000 salary last year surged to 2,927, state pay records show. The number, which stood around 2,000 between 2015 and 2018, follows

BAD DEAL: The Case Against the 2022 SEBAC Agreements

April 12, 2022

Good Government,Labor,Policy Brief

SUMMARY Governor Ned Lamont, on April 1, asked state lawmakers to ratify tentative agreements with 15 state government unions that negotiated under a single banner—the State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition, or SEBAC. These unions represent

“Wealthiest” No More: Massachusetts Overtakes Connecticut in Personal Income Per Capita

April 6, 2022

Policy Brief

Connecticut’s decades-long run as the state with the highest personal income per capita ended last year, new federal data show. Preliminary estimates from the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis found personal income in Massachusetts averaged

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