Lawmakers Want Expensive Paid Leave Expansion Despite Budget Woes by Suzanne Bates | May 28, 2015 | Other Research | 0 comments Even though Connecticut is mired in a deep budget crisis and is contemplating billion dollar tax hikes to close deficits over the next two years, state lawmakers are ...
New research released today by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, in conjunction with the Liberty Foundation, shows that one in 20 Connecticut residents has given up looking for work since 2008. The state’s labor participation rate dropped 4.2 percent from 2008 to 2013, from 69 percent to 64.8 percent. ...
Do you ever wonder why our taxes are so high and yet our roads are still falling apart, and our schools are still struggling, and we continue to face deficits year after year? Our sky-high tax burden consistently puts us on all kinds of “worst of” lists, but our state ...