If you live in Connecticut but work in New York, you end up paying income taxes in New York and receiving a credit from the state of Connecticut, known as the convenience rule. But what…
Connecticut’s economy is 81 percent of what it was in March before the shutdown of businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new “Back to Normal” index compiled by Moody’s Analytics and CNN…
Empty school desks and chairs were arranged on the steps of the U.S. District Courthouse in Bridgeport Tuesday for a press conference with parents of children who have allegedly been denied entry into magnet schools…
Connecticut remained dead last in the nation for personal income growth since 2007 in the latest analysis by Pew Charitable Trusts. Personal income in Connecticut grew only .6 percent per year since just before the…
[et_pb_section admin_label="section"][et_pb_row admin_label="row"][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"] A fiscal stress test of all fifty states by Moody’s Analytics showed that Connecticut faces significant risks if the country experiences another recession - even…
[et_pb_section admin_label="section"][et_pb_row admin_label="row"][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"] There are only a few states that generally rank lower than Connecticut in terms of fiscal stability and outlook and New Jersey is usually one…
CTNewsJunkie published this op-ed on Dec. 23, 2015. [caption id="attachment_3722" align="alignright" width="300"] Image Copyright Mopic, 2013.Used under license from Shutterstock.com[/caption] Recent news reports confirm what many have suspected for some time — young people are…
The cost of building a rail line between New Haven and Springfield, Mass., continues to rise, even as transportation needs in Fairfield County go unmet. At its most recent meeting, the State Bond Commission approved…
This week the state legislature met to undo some of the damage that they did during the last legislative session. In the late evening on Tuesday, after several hours of debate, lawmakers approved a deficit…
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…
