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Connecticut Lawmakers Kick Off 2025 Session With 555 Bills and Counting

by Meghan Portfolio January 10 , 2025

Environmentalists Fight to Keep Public Benefits Charge on Electric Bills

by Meghan Portfolio January 7 , 2025

Yankee Institute’s Policy Goals for the 2025 Legislative Session

by Yankee Staff January 7 , 2025

Transparency Isn’t Just a Buzzword

by Meghan Portfolio December 20 , 2024

Freshman Rep Wants to Change the Constitution to Tax the Rich

Freshman Rep Wants to Change the Constitution to Tax the Rich

In his State of the State Address on Wednesday (Jan 8), Gov. Ned Lamont highlighted “affordability and opportunity” as top priorities. However, just three days later, freshman Rep. Nick Gauthier (D-Waterford) is already pushing to amend the state Constitution to include a so-called “Fair Share Amendment” — a fancy term for a millionaire’s tax. The […]

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Meghan Portfolio January 14 , 2025

Yankee Institute Supports Emphasis on Opportunity, Affordability in Gov. Ned Lamont’s State of the State Address

by Yankee Staff January 8 , 2025

Yankee Institute Demands Accountability After CSCU Report

by Yankee Staff December 19 , 2024

AFSCME Hires Hartford Councilman with History of Sexual Harassment Allegations

by Meghan Portfolio December 17 , 2024

New Working Group Investigates Connecticut’s $10 Billion in Tax Credits

by Meghan Portfolio December 13 , 2024

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Freshman Rep Wants to Change the Constitution to Tax the Rich

Freshman Rep Wants to Change the Constitution to Tax the Rich

by Meghan Portfolio January 14 , 2025

The Hartford Issues Warning to Businesses to Prepare for Election Day Civil Unrest

November 4 , 2024

Vernon Democratic Registrar Sounds Alarm on USPS Election Mail Issues

October 22 , 2024

Ratepayers Waiting for Gov. Lamont to Check His Inbox

October 11 , 2024

Economy

Environmentalists Fight to Keep Public Benefits Charge on Electric Bills

Environmentalists Fight to Keep Public Benefits Charge on Electric Bills

by Meghan Portfolio January 7 , 2025

CT DOL Significantly Revises March Job Growth Downward, Reports Employment Gains in April

May 16 , 2024

CTDOL: State Adds 13,300 Jobs in First Quarter but Pace Expected to Slow

April 18 , 2024

CT’s Economic Health in 2023 Had Positives, But Still Ways to Go

March 12 , 2024

Labor

AFSCME Hires Hartford Councilman with History of Sexual Harassment Allegations

AFSCME Hires Hartford Councilman with History of Sexual Harassment Allegations

by Meghan Portfolio December 17 , 2024

Latest Jobs Report: Unemployment Rate Lowest since July 2019; Unemployed at 20-Year Low

October 20 , 2023

Labor Analysis: Pandemic Is Over, but the Litigation Persists

October 11 , 2023

“Only Fools Rush In” Reject the Ill-Fated Special Session!

July 28 , 2023

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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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