While perhaps not as big a box-office flop as The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Connecticut’s film tax credit program hasn’t resulted in significant job growth or economic gains, according to a new study conducted by the…
Marc E. Fitch
Marc E. Fitch is the author of several books and novels including Shmexperts: How Power Politics and Ideology are Disguised as Science and Paranormal Nation: Why America Needs Ghosts, UFOs and Bigfoot. Marc was a 2014 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow and his work has appeared in The Federalist, American Thinker, The Skeptical Inquirer, World Net Daily and Real Clear Policy. Marc has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Western Connecticut State University. Marc can be reached at Marc@YankeeInstitute.org
A recent report by Connecticut's state auditors determined the Department of Children and Families may be foregoing federal reimbursement funding by not tracking purchases made with debit cards provided by the department to clients and…
State employee allowed to telecommute from Florida long enough to get a pension, retirement benefits
An Information Systems Director for Charter Oak State College was allowed to work part-time from a new home in Florida for 16 weeks – just long enough to become vested for Connecticut state retirement benefits,…
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy issued an executive order on September 26 to only collect union dues from state employees who have signed a waiver with the state affirming their decision to have union dues deducted…
United States District Judge J. Paul Oetken dismissed a lawsuit by Connecticut and three other states against the Donald Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service over its cap on…
Connecticut remained a “sinkhole state” in this year’s state-by-state ranking and report from Truth in Accounting, a Chicago based think-tank that analyzes government accounting data. Connecticut ranked 48th in the country because of its high…