Environment Committee Votes to Increase Energy Costs A TCI on steroids bill was voted out of the Environment Committee on Friday (March 24). The bill will allow the commissioner of the Department of Energy and […]
Meghan Portfolio
Meghan worked in the private sector for two decades in various roles in management, sales, and project management. She was an intern on a presidential campaign and field organizer in a governor’s race. Meghan, a Connecticut native, joined Yankee Institute in 2019 as the Development Manager. After two years with Yankee, she has moved into the policy space as Yankee’s Manager of Research and Analysis. When she isn’t keeping up with local and current news, she enjoys running–having completed seven marathons–and reading her way through Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels.
Only in government can bad ideas breathe new life The Environment Committee is meeting Friday (March 24) to vote on a bill that would allow the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to implement […]
Teacher Union Wants Equity for Thee but Not for Me State teacher unions had much to say at Wednesday’s (March 15) Education Committee public hearing. They showed up supporting pay increases for teachers and paraeducators, […]
Last month, the Connecticut Comptroller’s Office released its statutorily required report on savings generated by Gov. Dannel Malloy’s 2017 deal with the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC), which consists of 15 unions representing 45,000 […]
Is it Still a Right When the Government Forces You to Do it? The Government Administration and Elections Committee started off the week with a slew of bills that would change the way voting […]
Green Amendment Taking More of Our Green The Environment Committee held a public hearing on Feb. 27, on a proposed amendment that would provide new “inherent, inalienable, and indefeasible” environmental rights to the state constitution. […]
