EAST HARTFORD – The Yankee Institute for Public Policy has submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the Malloy administration seeking the same data the administration is preparing to release to labor union organizers trying to unionize personal care attendants (PCAs). “If the list of personal care attendants is ...
HARTFORD – The Hartford Courant featured the Yankee Institute on the front page this morning, profiling our work and the outlandish allegations made against us by state labor leaders: “Founded in 1984, the think tank has long embraced a philosophy that government should be small, taxes should be low, and ...
June 24, 2011 Hon. John Geragosian Hon. Bob Ward Auditors of Public Accounts 210 Capitol Ave, Room 114 Hartford, CT 06106 Dear Mr. Geragosian and Mr. Ward: I see from news reports that frivolous accusations made by SEBAC against the Yankee Institute have been referred to your office. I write ...
by Nick Dranias and Fergus Cullen No one particularly likes negative political ads. Having them paid for with tax dollars is worse. But what’s most offensive is when government uses public funds to help some candidates while discouraging others from speaking to voters. That’s what happens in campaigns for state ...
Rocky Hill, CT – Yankee Institute Executive Director Fergus Cullen appeared on the Connecticut Business and Industry Association’s “State Fiscal Issues” panel on Friday, September 10, 2010 at the Rocky Hill Marriott. With the State of Connecticut facing a potential $3.5 billion budget deficit and fiscal issues at the forefront ...
Maine’s Experience Should Give Connecticut Pause in Pursuing Politicized Health Insurance Rate Approval Process SB 194 – An Act Concerning Rate Approvals For Individual Health Insurance Policies purports to be responding to real concerns about the impact of health insurance premium increases. However, it is a flawed response, as best ...