Nearly half a century had elapsed since the American Revolution, yet the living memory of the nation’s birth had been fading or, sadly, dying. To rekindle the spirit of 1776, President James Monroe (himself […]
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Connecticut electricity ratepayers got hit with more bad news this week. On Wednesday, Aug. 14, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) approved a hike in the public benefits portion of electric bills to help Eversource […]
Getting a Handle on Affordable Housing – Download Yankee Institute’s latest policy paper — “Getting a Handle on Affordable Housing” — discusses how the state law known as “8-30g” is failing our residents, including those […]
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CT DOT) is ramping up efforts to promote more equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging (EDIB) in the workplace starting with a survey aimed at analyzing employees’ firsthand experiences. However, the […]
On late Tuesday night, Aug. 13, 1901, Gustave Whitehead — a Bavarian engineer — and several partners, longing to avoid attention, wheeled out a “flying machine” from their shed on Pine Street in Fairfield, Conn., […]
After seeing a flood of furious social media posts about the latest electric bill hikes from United Illuminating (UI) and Eversource, Scott Pearson of Monroe has launched a grassroots campaign to demand that Gov. Ned […]
Shellye Davis, the secretary-treasurer of the Connecticut AFL-CIO and a contender to unseat Sen. Doug McCrory (D-Hartford) in the upcoming August primary, has already raised eyebrows by blatantly ignoring a ban on accepting campaign donations […]
The Connecticut Education Association (CEA), the state’s largest teachers’ union, recently released their 2024 Legislator Report Card, and Sen. Jan Hochadel (D-Meriden) wasted no time in announcing her 97% score. However, this accolade says more […]
The General Assembly may be summoned for a “lame duck” special session to address at least two environmental bills — that failed to pass last session — before the November election, as revealed in the […]
Heroes are remembered. Their bravery, perseverance, sacrifice and leadership during times that try men’s souls for the cause of freedom exemplify the human spirit’s awe-inspiring capacity to endure. The American Revolution called for such […]
