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Lawmakers and Activists Celebrate Toothless Climate Bills

by Meghan Portfolio July 2 , 2025

Does Connecticut Have a City Problem?

by Andrew Fowler June 24 , 2025

Yankee Institute Applauds Gov. Lamont Vetoing Pay for Striking Workers (S.B. 8) and Omnibus Housing Bill (H.B. 5002)

by Yankee Staff June 23 , 2025

Flip-Flop Politics: Rep. Steinberg Tells One Energy Story to Activists, Another to Business

by Meghan Portfolio June 20 , 2025

Fiscal Restraint Worked. So Obviously, It Has to Go

Fiscal Restraint Worked. So Obviously, It Has to Go

The General Assembly adjourned less than a month ago, but progressive activists are already calling for more taxes, more spending, and another round of fiscal recklessness — wasting no time in pressuring lawmakers to tear down the state’s fiscal guardrails. In a June 25 email blast, Connecticut Voices for Children (CT Voices) — a left-leaning […]

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Meghan Portfolio July 3 , 2025

Unions and General Assembly Allies Throw a Fit Over Lamont’s Veto

by Meghan Portfolio June 25 , 2025

Screaming for Subsidies: Unions Throw Public Tantrum Outside Governor’s Mansion

by Meghan Portfolio June 17 , 2025

Union Protester Vandalizes Yankee Institute Billboard Outside Governor’s Mansion

by Yankee Staff June 17 , 2025

As Lamont Woos Global Investors, Unions Picket for a Perk That Could Drive Them Away

by Meghan Portfolio June 13 , 2025

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Lawmakers and Activists Celebrate Toothless Climate Bills

Lawmakers and Activists Celebrate Toothless Climate Bills

by Meghan Portfolio July 2 , 2025

Screaming for Subsidies: Unions Throw Public Tantrum Outside Governor’s Mansion

June 17 , 2025

Rep. Steinberg: ‘Ratepayers Will Have to Pay Their Share’ for Infrastructure

June 10 , 2025

What Happened in the 2025 Legislative Session

June 5 , 2025

Economy

Does Connecticut Have a City Problem?

Does Connecticut Have a City Problem?

by Andrew Fowler June 24 , 2025

Not Extending Trump Tax Cuts Could Cost CT Families Nearly $3,400, 14,000 Jobs

March 31 , 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

Labor

Union Protester Vandalizes Yankee Institute Billboard Outside Governor’s Mansion

Union Protester Vandalizes Yankee Institute Billboard Outside Governor’s Mansion

by Yankee Staff June 17 , 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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May 1 , 2025

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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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