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
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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
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
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
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
Carol Platt Liebau, Yankee Institute’s president, was published in the CT Mirror March 10. People grieve in many ways. But it’s unfortunate that State Rep. Christine Palm used ad hominem attacks last week while relitigating