MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFPursuant to Supreme Court Rule 37.2(b), the Yankee Institute for Public Policy (“Yankee Institute”), respectfully moves for leave to file the accompanying amicus curiae brief in support of […]
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Obamacare’s failure to launch continues. Though the health care reforms have become the punchline for Saturday Night Live jokes, many of its effects are no laughing matter. Obama Administration memos reveal that just six people […]
As has been reported previously, the Yankee Institute is the process of evaluating each municipal website in Connecticut for 40 key data points such as contact information, financial data, budgets, and more. While the evaluations […]
Connecticut’s State Business Tax Climate is one of the worst in the nation according to a new ranking by the Tax Foundation. The Washington, D.C.- based think tank rated CT’s business tax climate as #42 […]
The State Policy Network recently published a compilation of public policy ideas that are working to create jobs, reduce the size of government, and expand personal liberty in states across America. It reads like a […]
STAMFORD – The featured speaker at the Yankee Institute’s Policy Luncheon had a clear message for Connecticut’s policymakers and opinion leaders: “Fix the state’s unfunded liabilities now!” Curtis Dubay, a Connecticut native and Senior Tax […]
EAST HARTFORD – The Yankee Institute’s Deputy Director Heath Fahle and Investigative Reporter Zach Janowski were hard at work this weekend advocating for Yankee’s research in the media and across the state. On Sunday, Zach […]
Deputy Director Heath W. Fahle highlights the new tools available to residents to determine whether moving to a new state is a good idea in his column for CT News Junkie this week: One can’t […]
“Properly defined, Competitive Federalism is the powerful harnessing of our tri-partite sovereignty system that allows states to compete with each other over a broad range of issues to provide citizens with the best value goods […]
The top line numbers from the jobs report last Friday were heartening: The unemployment rate fell to 7.3% nationally as hiring increased significantly compared to the July 2013 numbers. A closer look at the data, […]
