Today, Governor Lamont joined governors in the Northeast region in signing onto the newly-released Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) Memorandum of Understanding. The initiative would result in $388.6 million per year in increased gasoline costs across the…
Yankee Institute Statement
Gov. Lamont’s new executive order -- imposing stiff fines on struggling state residents for non-compliance with his onerous restrictions on social gatherings -- is tantamount to punishing Connecticut’s people for success. It’s unfortunate that, rather…
Yankee Institute applauds many of the actions Gov. Ned Lamont has taken since assuming emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, the governor has rolled back some regulations that Yankee has, for years, identified as…
Yankee Institute launches the state’s only comprehensive public union contract database Transparent government is accountable government. The success of Yankee Institute’s CT Sunlight Project highlights how much Connecticut’s people want to understand the inner workings of a…
“It’s no surprise the newly-passed, potentially costly police ‘accountability’ bill, now awaiting approval by Gov. Ned Lamont, is so unpopular. It does nothing to help Connecticut municipalities effectively discipline or terminate police officers for bad…
At this moment, real police reform is within reach. But last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that continues to protect powerful labor union interests. As the Senate prepares for special session tomorrow,…
A contractual wage increase for unionized state employees — totaling roughly $353 million — officially went into effect today, as Connecticut faces an unprecedented unemployment and budgetary crisis. Governor Lamont and the General Assembly have chosen once again to cower in the face of…
Yankee Institute Statement: Gov. Lamont must demand shared sacrifice regarding state employee raises
“At his press conference today, Gov. Ned Lamont insisted that he has no power to suspend a scheduled wage increase for state employees at a time when Connecticut is facing unprecedented unemployment and budgetary problems.…
Dear Connecticut friends, Our hearts are broken for all those across our country who are in pain right now. As Dr. King taught us, “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” At times like…
“It is fortunate that the restrictions Gov. Lamont’s Executive Order outlines for Connecticut’s houses of worship are simply recommendations rather than regulations. Otherwise, they would constitute absolutely impermissible burdens on every Connecticut citizen’s First Amendment…