EXECUTIVE SUMMARY By Ken Girardin with Daniel Gressel, Ph.D. Connecticut missed out on much of a decade-long national economic expansion. The state added essentially zero private-sector jobs between 2017 and 2019, its population was essentially
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Three decades have passed since the historic budget crisis that culminated in the creation of Connecticut’s personal income tax.The tax was enacted out of desperation: a roaring private sector buoyed a multi-year explosion in state
*Click “Download PDF” for the full report* Public employee pay and benefits in Connecticut are a matter of concern and debate for policymakers, employees and citizens. Elected officials must craft budgets amidst the Covid-19 crisis
** For the full study including charts and graphs, please download the PDF** When Connecticut policymakers adopted an individual income tax in 1991, many hoped that it would take pressure off state sales taxes and
Executive Summary By its own measures, the Connecticut State Teachers’ Retirement System has unfunded liabilities of almost $17 billion; the system has 52 cents for every dollar needed to pay for benefits accrued by its members
**To read Above The Law please download the PDF** Yankee Letter: Connecticut has so many advantages — including an educated population, a prime location midway between Manhattan and Boston, and a quality of life that’s
** 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
Dear Governor Lamont, Thank you for your willingness to shoulder the burden of leadership, and for your commitment to our beautiful state. It’s an honor to have the opportunity to work with you in service
**For full charts, graphs, and citations please download the PDF** It sounds almost too good to be true – there is a way both to improve opportunity for our state’s children and save money. Education
by Eric Halpern **For charts, graphs and citations please download the PDF** Letter from The Yankee Institute The teachers’ retirement system took center stage this year after Gov. Dannel Malloy’s budget called upon municipalities to