Yesterday the General Assembly's Labor Committee heard testimony on two bills that, if passed, would mean new taxes adding up to 7 percent or more of the income of many Connecticut residents. The bills were
Suzanne Bates
As you know, many families already struggle to pay for the cost of a college education. Students are coming out of school deeply in debt. Our state’s flagship school, the University of Connecticut, has become
Download the attached .pdf file for footnotes and sources.Yankee Institute Policy BriefA Fresh Start: Governor Malloy’s 2017 Budget RevisionsBy Suzanne Bates, Policy DirectorFebruary 2016Overview Lawmakers adopted a preliminary 2017 budget last year when they wrote
The Department of Motor Vehicles, which recently saw its commissioner resign amid serious customer service problems, spent $1.9 million on overtime in the first six months of fiscal year 2016, already exceeding the $1.7 million
Currently, lawmakers get the same benefits that state employees receive through contract negotiations. This gives the appearance of a conflict of interest. Instead, lawmakers should repeal this law and set their benefits separate from benefits
While the saying ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ is true, so is the opposite – if something isn’t working, then fix it. From watching sports, we know the rules of a game can