Republican leaders today announced they are partnering with No Tolls CT to hold a series of rallies around the state to oppose the Transportation and Climate Initiative and the highway use tax on trucks, which […]
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The Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee approved a bill that would allow $46 million in state bonding for the University of Connecticut to hire more research faculty. The bill comes as UConn and UConn Health […]
The General Assembly’s joint Finance, Revenue and Bonding committee observed the 30th anniversary of Connecticut’s state income tax by imposing a new, separate income tax on the state’s top earners. The committee approved a 25-part measure which includes a new “consumption tax” on state residents with federal adjusted gross […]
Today’s U.S. Census Bureau announcement that Connecticut was the slowest-growing state in the Northeast over the past decade should sound warning bells in every corner of our state government. The best indicator of a state’s economic health […]
Yankee Institute’s President, Carol Platt Liebau, was cited in CT Examiner’s article on the six bills to watch on March 25, 2021. Anna Elizabeth writes: House Bill 6175, An Act Concerning Educational Access and Opportunity Scholarships, […]
Yankee Institute’s Investigative Reporter, March Fitch, was cited in the CT Examiner’s article on slush funds preserving state government’s excesses on March 25, 2021. Chris Powell writes: These slush funds can only worsen the excesses […]
Yankee Institute research was cited in The New York Time’s article on Shelton, CT as an up-and-coming city in Fairfield County on March 17, 2021. Susan Hodara writes: The city is also luring new businesses, […]
The Connecticut Working Families Party and affiliated organizations are planning to protest outside the Simsbury home of Cigna CEO Michael Cordani on Monday, April 26 over Cigna’s opposition to the public option healthcare bill. The […]
One of Connecticut’s largest and most influential public sector unions took $245,951 in COVID-related tax credits meant to bolster businesses and organizations that were either forced to close during the pandemic or saw at least […]
After a chaotic school year during the COVID-19 pandemic, teacher unions who pressed the governor to keep schools closed are now concerned virtual learning could become more common during non-emergency situations. A bill forwarded by […]
