State employee unions and the Working Families Party are holding a car caravan rally outside the Governor’s Mansion February 20, after union leaders and progressive lawmakers publicly expressed their disapproval of Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget
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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
Connecticut was already on the hook to offer $115 million of taxpayer money to Bridgewater Associates -- the Westport hedge fund with $150 billion under management -- if it would move from Westport to Stamford. The move may have
Hartford is a city plagued with a variety of public policy problems -- not least the misuse of city funds and other financial mismanagement. And it's afflicted by a host of urban ills -- including a poverty rate second only to
What a difference a few months can make! At the outset of this legislative year, Governor Malloy bubbled with optimism. There was going to be a big $506 million surplus, we were told -- enough to
EAST HARTFORD - A new Quinnipiac poll highlights how badly Connecticut's people have been hurt by state government's tax-and-spend policies. After being subjected to the largest tax increase in history in 2011 along with 77
EAST HARTFORD – The retired state employee with the largest pension benefit in 2013 was former Professor John Veiga, who received $283,273 according to new data compiled by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy for
EAST HARTFORD – Gov. Dan Malloy was Connecticut's 1,379th highest paid state employee in 2013 according to new data compiled by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy for its online transparency database CTSunlight.org. The Governor's
STAMFORD - The featured speaker at the Yankee Institute's Policy Luncheon had a clear message for Connecticut's policymakers and opinion leaders: "Fix the state's unfunded liabilities now!" Curtis Dubay, a Connecticut native and Senior Tax
In an op-ed for CT News Junkie, Yankee Institute Deputy Director Heath Fahle compares Connecticut to its next-door neighbor Rhode Island in terms of each state's approach to pension and Medicaid reform. The result? Rhode