The Department of Social Services confirmed that it is “looking into” claims that personal care assistants employed through private non-profit agencies are having union dues deducted from their paychecks without authorization. Karen Hansen of Community…
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[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"] The definition of affordable housing is changing in Connecticut. What used to mean housing accessible to poor families has become housing accessible to people with…
Connecticut has pledged $300,000 to study the possibility of a mileage tax but, according to Representative Gail Lavielle, the money is wasted because the state would get the results of the study regardless of any…
[et_pb_section admin_label="section"][et_pb_row admin_label="row"][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_image admin_label="Image" src="https://yankeeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-06-at-11.36.18-AM.png" show_in_lightbox="off" url_new_window="off" use_overlay="off" animation="left" sticky="off" align="left" force_fullwidth="off" always_center_on_mobile="on" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"] The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is poised to take…
The General Assembly’s work is over, for now. A special session on the budget went longer than most expected as Gov. Dannel Malloy tried to push the second part of his Second Chance Society, a…
The traditional image of the union member as being a working class, blue collar factory worker has been replaced by a new reality: the state-employed bureaucrat enjoying perks and high pay at taxpayer expense. Figures…
If you are concerned about Connecticut’s runaway state spending, this is your chance to speak up! On Monday, April 18, the Spending Cap Commission will hold a public hearing starting at 1:30 p.m. to discuss…
In the face of declining tax revenues and weak job reports, state lawmakers have to decide whether or not to continue to fund Governor Malloy's controversial First Five Plus program, which is scheduled to end…
EAST HARTFORD – The retired state employee with the largest pension benefit in 2013 was former Professor John Veiga, who received $283,273 according to new data compiled by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy for…
EAST HARTFORD – Gov. Dan Malloy was Connecticut's 1,379th highest paid state employee in 2013 according to new data compiled by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy for its online transparency database CTSunlight.org. The Governor's…