In the darkness of early morning, June 6th, 1944, Robert Hillman, a 20-year-old private from Manchester, Conn., boarded his assigned C-47 aircraft along with other members of the 101st Airborne. He was one of more […]
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YI Labor Fellow Frank Ricci calls for Gov. Ned Lamont to veto a bill paying for striking workers. Read the article here
On Friday, May 10, the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters (CTLCV) teamed up with state lawmakers to review the environmental outcomes of the 2024 legislative session. At the meeting, attendees highlighted its achievements, but also […]
In the pantheon of American Revolutionary War patriots, Connecticut native Silas Deane is relatively unknown — despite a highway connecting Rocky Hill and Wethersfield named in his honor. Yet historian George L. Clark in Silas […]
In its latest report on the April 2024 labor situation, the Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) significantly revised its March job growth figures down from an initially reported 4,900 jobs to just 500. CTDOL Commissioner […]
The Connecticut General Assembly’s “short” session wrapped on May 8, which means that lawmakers were limited to “budgetary, revenue and financial matters,” per the state constitution and legislative rules. Nevertheless, budgetary matters can concern a […]
In the final moments of the 2024 Legislative Session on Wednesday (May 9), the Senate rushed through a controversial bill — effectively bypassing standard legislative procedures in an election year — and gifted big labor […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2024 Contact: Bryce Chinault 860-426-6343 [email protected] Yankee Institute Calls on Gov. Lamont to Veto Pay for Striking Workers On May 8, the General Assembly passed H.B. 5431 that would […]
On Friday (May 3) the House pulled a bait-and-switch maneuver, removing all content from a bill titled “An Act Concerning Expenditures of the General Fund,” and sneaking in provisions enabling striking workers to qualify for […]
On Monday (April 29), the House passed a bill mandating that specific state agencies allocate 15% of their annual advertising budgets to locally owned media for print or digital ads starting July 1, 2025. This […]
