The Connecticut Restaurant Association estimates that as many as 600 restaurants have closed permanently as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent business restrictions but another wave of closures in the leisure and hospitality…
Economy
Don't take it from us -- take it from the Economist. A recent piece there finds that Connecticut merits only a "D" for its overall friendliness to small business. That means it's better only than…
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…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="658"] Tax Foundation's 2014 State Business Tax Climate Index[/caption] Connecticut's State Business Tax Climate is one of the worst in the nation according to a new ranking by the Tax Foundation. The…
The State Policy Network recently published a compilation of public policy ideas that are working to create jobs, reduce the size of government, and expand personal liberty in states across America. It reads like a…
Deputy Director Heath W. Fahle highlights the new tools available to residents to determine whether moving to a new state is a good idea in his column for CT News Junkie this week: One can’t…
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="600"] Civilian Employment-Population Radio Courtesy AEI[/caption] The top line numbers from the jobs report last Friday were heartening: The unemployment rate fell to 7.3% nationally as hiring increased significantly compared to the…
[caption id="attachment_1988" align="alignright" width="336"] Hartford Courant August 25, 2013 State Policies Block Prosperity by Heath Fahle[/caption] The Hartford Courant published a commentary piece by Yankee Institute Deputy Director Heath Fahle on Sunday, August 25, touting…
The Cato Institute's Jim Powell examines how the once-prosperous Connecticut economy became one of the worst performing in the nation. His answer? Misguided big government policies that squandered the state's proud legacy of entrepreneurship and…