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Unions Push to Gut Fiscal Guardrails, Demand Billions in More Spending

by Meghan Portfolio December 6 , 2024

Registrars of Voters: Ignoring Laws and Ghosting FOIA Requests

by Meghan Portfolio November 22 , 2024

State Employee Union Cries Recession is Coming to Save Temporary Jobs

by Meghan Portfolio November 15 , 2024

The Staggering Costs of New England’s Green Energy Policies

by Yankee Staff November 14 , 2024

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

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

As Connecticut lawmakers prepare for the 2025 legislative session starting Jan. 8, progressive groups are demanding billions in new spending and pushing to weaken the state’s fiscal guardrails. However, a newly formed working group, tasked with examining more than $10 billion in state tax credits, offers an alternative path. By identifying and potentially eliminating ineffective tax […]

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Meghan Portfolio December 13 , 2024

The Amistad

by Andrew Fowler December 3 , 2024

Lamont’s Push for Ranked-Choice Voting Excludes Opposing Experts, Sees Little Public Interest

by Meghan Portfolio November 8 , 2024

CT Ranks Among Worse for Taxes Ten Years in a Row

by Andrew Fowler November 5 , 2024

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

by Meghan Portfolio November 4 , 2024

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

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

by Meghan Portfolio 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

Connecticut Union Leader Exploits Climate Hysteria for Big Labor Power Grab

October 4 , 2024

Economy

Registrars of Voters: Ignoring Laws and Ghosting FOIA Requests

Registrars of Voters: Ignoring Laws and Ghosting FOIA Requests

by Meghan Portfolio November 22 , 2024

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

CT Ranks Among Worse for Taxes Ten Years in a Row

CT Ranks Among Worse for Taxes Ten Years in a Row

by Andrew Fowler November 5 , 2024

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

Trojan Horse Alert: Teamsters Using Dirty Tricks to Unionize CT Businesses

July 11 , 2023

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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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