Your taxes keep rising—so why is Connecticut broke? Download PDF (see pdf for complete list) Connecticut residents pay the highest taxes in the entire country, second only to New York. Next year, lawmakers must close…
Policy Brief
Download PDF **For the full report, please download the PDF** Connecticut’s lawmakers derive their power from the people, but too often the people are in the dark about what their elected representatives are doing with…
** For the full study including charts and graphs, please download the PDF** Yankee Letter Across Connecticut, the teacher pension system is not working for teachers, taxpayers or children. And it has the potential to…
Download PDF **To read the full report, please download the PDF** We end the 2019 legislative session with a mixture of relief (as bad as it was, it could have been even worse!) and regret…
Download PDF **To read the full report, please download the PDF** Attached you will find our study, Supersedence: The Consequences of Government Unions’ Special Privileges. This report details one of the most unbelievable benefits given to…
Download PDF **For full report, please download the PDF** Executive Summary In volume 1 of the Yankee Institute’s 2019 policy paper series, we designated regulatory reform as one of our top priorities for the current…
Download PDF **To read the full report, please download the PDF** Connecticut spent the last decade in the economic doldrums, and the forecast for the next decade isn’t much sunnier. The state recovered less well…
Days after United Technologies announced it will move its corporate headquarters to the Boston area following a merger with Raytheon, a new policy paper from the Yankee Institute highlights many of the mistakes made by…
DOWNLOAD PDF **To read the full policy paper, please download the PDF** Since the November election, public attention has focused on the Progressive Caucus’ Big Five initiatives and on how Gov. Ned Lamont will address…
Connecticut is often ranked low in terms of its business environment, but according to a new study from Yankee Institute, some towns manage to stand out from the rest. The authors of Connecticut’s Top Ten Business-Friendly…