Reforming Connecticut Healthcare after COVID – Download Along many dimensions, America offers the finest healthcare available in the world. That said, numerous aspects of American healthcare have long been problematic. The COVID-19 pandemic tossed quite […]
by Stephen D. EideSenior Fellow, Manhattan Institute **For full charts, graphs and citations, please download the PDF** Letter from The Yankee Institute For too long, some of Connecticut’s largest cities have languished. Not only do […]
**For full charts, graphs and citations please download the PDF** Letter from The Yankee Institute It is time for lawmakers to rethink Connecticut’s burdensome regulatory system. Because Connecticut has so many regulations, reform will help […]
For full charts, graphs and citations, please download the PDF Connecticut, We Have A Problem. Instead of creating an open road to opportunity in Connecticut, policymakers have put in place laws and regulations that have made […]
**For full citations, charts and graphs, please download the PDF** Executive Summary Since 1991, the state has taken in $126 billion through the income tax. The top income tax rate has risen steadily since 1991 […]
Reforming the Constitution State’s Pre-Trial System Replacing monetary bail with a system that uses effective alternatives based upon risk assessment. Lauren Krisai and Thurston Powers March 8, 2016 Please download the pdf for footnotes and sources. […]
**For full charts, graphs and works cited please download the PDF** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Taxpayer dollars directly subsidize government unions, because state employees are allowed to work for the union – rather than the public – […]
by Andrew BiggsSeptember 2015 A Note From the Yankee Institute Since 2011, Connecticut lawmakers have passed the two of the largest tax increases in state history. Even with this huge influx of taxpayer dollars, the state […]
Download the pdf for tables, graphs and footnotes. TAXES AT HOME: A Comparison of Municipal Spendingby Zachary Janowski with Benjamin Levy and Thurston PowersAUGUST 2015 EXECUTIVE SUMMARYHigh property taxes are a fact of life in Connecticut. Assessed at the local […]
For footnotes, please see attached PDF. Restoring Power: How Lawmakers Can Lower Your Electric Bill by David G. Tuerck, Ph.D, Paul Bachman and Michael Head JANUARY 2015 Restoring Power: How Lawmakers Can Lower Your Electric Bill Yankee Institute for […]
The Connecticut State Legislature will begin its 2023 session on January 4th and will adjourn on June 7th. 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.