The University of Connecticut is facing an estimated $50 million budget shortfall due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is having to furlough managers and cut its athletics department to make up for the deficit. Although the school faced a loss after having to send students home midway through the spring ...
With Connecticut’s budget on the rocks and a state employee pay increase just weeks away, SEIU 1199 launched a commercial on television and social media saying some politicians are “going to take away my wages so they can balance the budget.” The “Don’t Call Me a Hero” commercial features state ...
**Meghan Portfolio contributed to this article** States and state universities from Hawaii and California to Maine are proposing employee pay cuts, pay freezes and furloughs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has wrecked havoc on state budgets. Hawaii Gov. David Ige has proposed a temporary 20 percent reduction in ...
More than 1,600 retired state employees now have pensions over $100,000 per year, totaling an annual payout of $191.9 million, according to numbers provided by the State Comptroller’s Office. The 1,609 retirees receiving six-figure pensions represents an increase of more than 200 individuals since the previous count by the Hartford ...
Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, said on Wednesday he would rather see states declare bankruptcy than issue another $500 billion requested by the National Governors Association to bail out states facing lower revenues and skyrocketing debt costs. “There’s not going to be any desire on the Republican side to ...
Yankee Institute recognizes the valuable service of many Connecticut state employees during the Covid-19 public health crisis, including doctors, nurses, Department of Correction officers, Department of Labor employees and first responders. We are grateful for their courageous work on behalf of Connecticut’s people. However, in light of the pandemic’s potential implications for the state budget, Yankee Institute recommends that Gov. Ned Lamont suspend ...