This time of year, children are told that Santa Claus is making a list and checking it twice to find out who has been naughty or nice. However, Santa isn’t the only one who makes…
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Connecticut can work, it just doesn’t seem to be right now. The Connecticut Department of Labor reported Thursday on the newest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment numbers for the month of October. The results are…
Connecticut is losing better-paying jobs and replacing them with low-paying jobs, according to a study released by the Commission on Economic Competitiveness. The commission had previously attempted to keep the document secret by discussing it…
Budget Takes More from Middle Class While Killing Jobs by Suzanne Bates | Jun 1, 2015 | Tax and Budget | 0 comments As we near a vote on this year’s budget, it should be…
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="600"] Civilian Employment-Population Radio Courtesy AEI[/caption] The top line numbers from the jobs report last Friday were heartening: The unemployment rate fell to 7.3% nationally as hiring increased significantly compared to the…
HARTFORD – The Yankee Institute announces that it has updated its CTSunlight.org website by adding 2009 payroll data for all state employees. The data shows that 1,293 state employees earned more than Gov. Jodi Rell’s…
by Fergus Cullen This article originally ran in the Waterbury Republican-American on Sunday, July 5, 2009. Will Rogers might have said, “Half of all money spent by government is wasted. The government just needs to…