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Ellington Schools Promote Civility Ahead of Vice-Presidential Debate

by Meghan Portfolio October 1 , 2024

PURA Chair Gillett Says No Thanks to Ending Forced Marriage With DEEP

by Meghan Portfolio September 27 , 2024

The Case for CT’s Fiscal Guardrails

by Yankee Staff September 23 , 2024

Green Dreams for 2025 Legislative Session Include Banning Gas Car and Other Wallet-Draining Ideas

by Meghan Portfolio September 20 , 2024

Connecticut Union Leader Exploits Climate Hysteria for Big Labor Power Grab

Connecticut Union Leader Exploits Climate Hysteria for Big Labor Power Grab

Never let a (climate) crisis go to waste — so long as it benefits unions’ coffers and influence. During last month’s 2024 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Grand Lodge Convention in New York City, John Harrity, retired president of the Connecticut State Council of Machinists, along with Zach Cunningham from Cornell University’s […]

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Meghan Portfolio October 4 , 2024

Prudence Crandall: The State Heroine

by Andrew Fowler September 27 , 2024

Connecticut Unions Learning to Pay Their Own Way

by Meghan Portfolio September 13 , 2024

Yankee Institute Praises Improved Pension Investment Return After Decades of Mismanagement

by Yankee Staff September 12 , 2024

Lamont and Dykes Silent on Offshore Wind: What’s the Secret?

by Meghan Portfolio September 12 , 2024

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Connecticut Union Leader Exploits Climate Hysteria for Big Labor Power Grab

Connecticut Union Leader Exploits Climate Hysteria for Big Labor Power Grab

by Meghan Portfolio October 4 , 2024

Ellington Schools Promote Civility Ahead of Vice-Presidential Debate

October 1 , 2024

Lamont and Dykes Silent on Offshore Wind: What’s the Secret?

September 12 , 2024

Crisis in Connecticut Higher Ed: Will New Board Bring Real Change or More of the Same?

September 3 , 2024

Economy

PURA Chair Gillett Says No Thanks to Ending Forced Marriage With DEEP

PURA Chair Gillett Says No Thanks to Ending Forced Marriage With DEEP

by Meghan Portfolio September 27 , 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

CT Dept. Of Labor: “Economy Remains Strong” & 2023 Year of “Solid Growth”

January 23 , 2024

Labor

Yankee Institute Praises Improved Pension Investment Return After Decades of Mismanagement

by Yankee Staff September 12 , 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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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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