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Yankee Institute is a 501(c)(3) research and citizen education organization that does not accept government funding. Yankee Institute develops and advances free-market, limited-government solutions in Connecticut. As one of America’s oldest state-based think tanks, Yankee is a leading advocate for smart, limited government; fairness for taxpayers; and an open road to opportunity.

Charter For Change 2023

February 1, 2023

Policy Reports

Connecticut is America’s jewel, replete with natural beauty — waterfalls, lakes, islands, beaches, caves and stunning autumn foliage. Its cultural contributions are unparalleled. Scholars point to Connecticut’s Fundamental Orders, drafted in 1639, as the first […]

Yankee Institute Statement on State Lawmaker Pay Raises

May 3, 2022

Policy Brief

HARTFORD (May 3) – “Today’s surprise vote to increase pay for state lawmakers is not just an affront to principles of responsive and responsible governance – it’s a sad moment for state taxpayers and for […]

Yankee Institute Statement on Passage of the State Budget Agreement

May 3, 2022

Policy Brief

HARTFORD (May 3) – “Connecticut’s unprecedented budget surplus meant state officials could have given middle-class families and businesses meaningful relief from the destructive Malloy-era tax hikes. Instead, Governor Lamont and the General Assembly squandered that […]

Yankee Institute Statement on State Budget Agreement

April 27, 2022

Policy Brief

Hartford (April 27) – “State lawmakers could leave Hartford without doing anything and the state budget would already be balanced, and our debt would decrease. Unfortunately, rather than using our remarkable surplus to pay down […]

Wall Street Journal: Connecticut Hits Its Taxpayers With a Huge Payoff to Unions

April 6, 2022

In the News,Labor

Carol Platt Liebau, Yankee Institute’s president, was published in the Wall Street Journal April 6. Gov. Ned Lamont said in 2019 he wanted “an anti-Wisconsin moment,” a jab at Gov. Scott Walker’s sweeping fiscal reforms […]

CT’s Growing Problem: Population Trends in the Constitution State

March 20, 2022

Policy Reports2 Comments

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY By Ken Girardin and E.J. McMahon The 2020 U.S. Census carried a troubling message for Connecticut. In a decade when the nation’s population increased by 7.4 percent, the headcount in the Constitution State […]

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Yankee Staff

Charter For Change 2023

Yankee Institute Statement on State Lawmaker Pay Raises

Yankee Institute Statement on Passage of the State Budget Agreement

Yankee Institute Statement on State Budget Agreement

Wall Street Journal: Connecticut Hits Its Taxpayers With a Huge Payoff to Unions

CT’s Growing Problem: Population Trends in the Constitution State

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