Voting may look different if progressive proposals are enacted, including switching to another system, expanding the electorate, fines, as well as allowing polls to open 10 days early. Since Election Day, Gov. Ned Lamont and […]
Public Policy
A proposal in the Connecticut General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employee Committee would allow workers who choose to go on strike to collect unemployment benefits—and, as at least one supporter put it, stay on strike […]
The Connecticut Office of the Attorney General is using special assistant attorneys general funded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg to assist the state in litigation related to the environment and climate change, including Connecticut’s lawsuit against […]
The City of Hartford’s Court of Common Council voted in March to create a task force to assess the possibility of a universal basic income pilot program for some of its residents. The task force […]
Yankee Institute is grateful to Gov. Ned Lamont and his team for their work, thus far, in trying to mitigate the economic damage being wrought on Connecticut during this time of crisis and for their […]
The Office of Fiscal Analysis pegs the cost of increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour and implementing a paid family medical leave program at nearly $80 million, as the state faces projected budget […]
