EAST HARTFORD – A record 525 retired state employees took home at least $100,000 in pension pay in 2012, according to new data from the state Comptroller’s office analyzed by the Yankee Institute. That figure is up from 417 retirees in 2011. A record 36 retired state employees enjoyed pensions ...
EAST HARTFORD – More than 1,200 state employees earned over $150,000 last year, making each of them better paid than Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy. Connecticut’s median household income is $69,243, according to the Census Bureau. The governor’s salary, which is set by state statute at $150,000 a year, is more ...
EAST HARTFORD – Connecticut has compiled a disgraceful list of lasts in recent years, as the Yankee Institute highlighted on Wednesday this week with a full page advertisement in several major CT newspapers. Yankee Institute Executive Director Fergus Cullen said,” Now is the time to lower spending and adopt pro-growth ...
Connecticut needs to go in a new direction to reverse these trends and prosper again. Connecticut’s 2012 Policy Road Map proposes 26 action items aimed at improving lives through freedom and opportunity.
EAST HARTFORD – A total of 1,279 state employees earned more than Gov. Dan Malloy in 2011, according to new data posted to CTSunlight.org, the Yankee Institute’s revamped government transparency website. Gov. Dan Malloy earned $148,563 in 2011. That’s more than twice the median household income of $66,187 in Connecticut ...
EAST HARTFORD – President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney, 50-37%, among Connecticut voters, and would defeat Newt Gingrich by an even larger margin, 56-35%, according to a new Yankee Institute poll. Gingrich is weighed down by an unfavorable image. More than twice as many voters think unfavorably of Gingrich (63%) ...