HARTFORD – A new poll of likely voters shows strong support for Governor Malloy’s proposed spending cuts but strong opposition to his proposed tax increases. 57% of voters think the budget deficit should be addressed…
Tax & Budget
Gov. Malloy’s Proposed Tax Increases Gov. Malloy has proposed dozens of tax increases across 25 categories of taxes. This is a conservative count; we aren’t counting each separate expansion of the sales tax as a…
Since the Hartford Courant published YI Policy Director Heath W. Fahle's piece on e-governance on Sunday, January 9, the buzz about e-gov has been, well, buzzing. One reader passed along a copy of a report…
by Dr. Lewis Andrews As the Bush tax cuts become a central issue of the midterm elections, more and more people are asking why President Obama, in refusing to extend them for "the rich," has…
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…
HARTFORD – The number of retired state employees collecting annual pensions of more than $100,000 has risen to 299 people, a new analysis by the Yankee Institute shows. Of those, 81 individuals receive more than…
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…
HARTFORD – The State of Connecticut collects money from 347 separate taxes, fees, and transfer payments, according to a new report released by the Yankee Institute. The report lists every separate source of revenue collected…
HARTFORD – A new report released today by the Yankee Institute warns that Connecticut’s true unfunded liability for pension and other retirement benefits is much bigger than widely assumed. Connecticut’s pension system serving 175,000 active…
HARTFORD - Following up their 2009 piece "How to Reduce Property Taxes with a Citizens Audit Committee", Dr. Lewis Andrews and Dr. Armand A. Fusco have published a compendium of model school board policies from…