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Deane Keller: The CT Artist Who Helped Save Artwork in WWII

by Andrew Fowler June 5 , 2025

Connecticut’s Legislative Session: Busting the Cap, Losing Local Control, But It Could Have Been Even Worse

by Yankee Staff June 3 , 2025

Sen. Marx: ‘Biggest Corruption’ From Nonunion Workers, Struggles to Defend Housing Bill

by Meghan Portfolio June 2 , 2025

CT Union Threatens Lamont Over Striking Worker Bill

by Meghan Portfolio May 30 , 2025

What Happened in the 2025 Legislative Session

What Happened in the 2025 Legislative Session

The Connecticut General Assembly’s 2025 session ended June 4, with Gov. Ned Lamont and lawmakers approving a $55.8 billion biennial budget. The governor hailed it as a “balanced, sensible budget” with significant investments in education and Medicaid. But the budget weakened the volatility cap — one of the 2017 fiscal guardrails designed to protect taxpayers […]

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Andrew Fowler June 5 , 2025

Prevailing Wage Rat Buried in Budget Bill Will Cost Connecticut Jobs

by Meghan Portfolio June 4 , 2025

Why Connecticut Has One of the Highest Electric Rates in the United States

by Andrew Fowler May 29 , 2025

Sweetheart Deal for Unions Buried in Housing Omnibus Bill

by Meghan Portfolio May 28 , 2025

‘Big, Beautiful’ Housing Bill Now a Big Mystery

by Meghan Portfolio May 23 , 2025

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Good Government

What Happened in the 2025 Legislative Session

What Happened in the 2025 Legislative Session

by Andrew Fowler June 5 , 2025

General Assembly Saving Kids — One Algorithm at a Time

May 13 , 2025

Lamont’s ‘Crisis’ Reporting Tool Exposes… Basically Nothing

May 7 , 2025

5 Things Connecticut Can Do Instead of Busting the Guardrails

April 24 , 2025

Economy

Connecticut’s Legislative Session: Busting the Cap, Losing Local Control, But It Could Have Been Even Worse

by Yankee Staff June 3 , 2025

CT Ranks Among Worse for Taxes Ten Years in a Row

November 5 , 2024

Does Loss of Religion Impact Civic Engagement and Taxes?

September 6 , 2024

Why Does It Cost So Much To Live In Connecticut?

July 12 , 2024

Labor

Sweetheart Deal for Unions Buried in Housing Omnibus Bill

Sweetheart Deal for Unions Buried in Housing Omnibus Bill

by Meghan Portfolio May 28 , 2025

The House Masters the Art of Deception: Advances Big Labor Priority Bill

May 7 , 2024

Lamont Dishes Out Over $200 Million in Raises

April 9 , 2024

Lamont’s Paid Sick Day Bill Revised to Now Cover ‘Close Associations’

March 21 , 2024

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The Green Monster: A Review of Connecticut’s Climate Protection Act of 2025

May 1 , 2025

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Welcome!

The Connecticut State Legislature will begin its 2023 session on January 4^th and will adjourn on June 7^th. The “long session,” as non-election years are called in Hartford, will be centered around the biennial budget. The Office of the State Comptroller reports that state government found a way to spend $47.11 billion in 2022 and, if trends continue, we can expect that number to grow even more going forward. Concerns over energy prices, inflation, and general cost of living continue to dominate the headlines and the threat of a recession hovers over economic forecasts.

What will our elected officials be working on to improve policy outcomes for Connecticut residents? What tax reform proposals will there be? What can be done to lower home heating bills? How will state and local budgets be affected by fewer federal resources? How will schools be implementing to curriculum requirements?

While we wait to see the thousands of individual and committee bills that while dominate the myriad policy debates this year, Yankee Institute is hard at work promoting free-market solutions to the problems we face from Stamford to Putnam and Mystic to Salisbury. To that end, we have produced a new edition of our Charter for Change. The Charter provides commonsense reforms to make Connecticut’s government work for its residents.

Though the list of reforms may be exhausting to review, it is far from exhaustive! And that’s why we want to work with you to build a broad-based coalition to encourage sound policy reforms to enable Connecticut residents to forge a better future for themselves and their families.

It’s also imperative that we do so. As we noted in a report and CT Mirror op-ed last year, the debate over whether we’re in a national recession really misses the point for Connecticut residents. We had more people employed in the private sector in 2007 than we do today. Our economy has grown at one of the slowest rates in the nation for the past decade, and we are getting outpaced year after year. We’re not attracting innovation and industry. We’re losing some of our best and brightest as they seek other parts of the country where it’s easier to make a living.

But together, we can reverse this trend.

At Yankee Institute, we know Connecticut is a state with boundless opportunity, and we intend to help make our state more than a place where people are just able to make ends meet! Connecticut should be a place where everyone can thrive – and with your help, it will be.

Sincerely,

Yankee InstituteDirector of External Affairs

Bryce Chinault

Yankee Institute
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