Connecticut Attorney General William Tong on Friday broke with former Attorney General George Jepsen and issued a short, three-page opinion stating one of Democratic lawmakers’ latest captive audience bills would not be preempted by national labor law. Former Attorney General Jepsen issued a formal opinion in 2018 that Democrats’ captive ...
A proposal to create a public health plan for small employers has some lawmakers and business associations wondering why the state of Connecticut is trying to compete against the state’s flagship industry. According to the bill, the state of Connecticut – the insurance capital of the world — will allow ...
Lately, Gov. Ned Lamont has appeared like Moses descending from Mount Sinai with God’s commandments in the Mel Brooks comedy, History of the World Part 1 – except he’s carrying toll proposals. In the film, Moses walks down from the mountain holding three stone tablets, telling the Israelites that Jehovah ...
Should I stay or should I go now?If I go there will be troubleAnd if I stay it will be doubleSo you gotta let me knowShould I stay or should I go? — (apologies to) The Clash (1982) Well, they’ve told us. Nearly four decades later, the Connecticut General Assembly ...
What we’ve got is a toll bill that we’ve been promised is going to do various things but it goes through no matter what. Yankee Institute Policy Director Scott Shepard
In what could be a very costly blow to organized labor, a regulatory change enacted by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services states that union dues can no longer be automatically deducted from home healthcare workers’ paychecks if the funds are being paid through Medicaid. The change could affect ...