Reception with Heritage’s Ed Feulner

Posted on Feb 8, 2012 in Events, Featured Join us at the Stamford Sheraton for an evening reception on Monday, March 5, 2012 with Ed Feulner, president of the Heritage Foundation. **Please note: the Stamford Sheraton is at 700 East Main Street, Stamford – it was previously on Summer Street. Use the address above for directions and maps.** Click here for directions. The reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person...
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Yankee releases new poll

Posted on Feb 7, 2012 in Featured, Press EAST HARTFORD – President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney, 50-37%, among Connecticut voters, and would defeat Newt Gingrich by an even larger margin, 56-35%, according to a new Yankee Institute poll. Gingrich is weighed down by an unfavorable image. More than twice as many voters think unfavorably of Gingrich (63%) as view him favorably (28%). In the U.S. Senate race, Democratic Congressman...
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Don’t Be Bullied into Signing

Posted on Feb 3, 2012 in Advocacy, Featured, PCA Yankee launches education campaign aimed at personal care attendants EAST HARTFORD – The Yankee Institute launched an education campaign today to help personal care attendants fully understand their rights related to the forced unionization effort being waged by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), District 1199. “No one can be bullied into this forced unionization scheme,”...
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Increasing the Minimum Wage

Posted on Jan 31, 2012 in Featured, Research, Tax and Budget Yankee Institute Policy Brief: Connecticut’s Minimum Wage Overview: According to recent news reports, State Rep. Zeke Zalaski (D-Southington) will host a press conference today in which he is expected to announce a proposal to increase the state’s minimum wage. Though well intentioned, this policy option is deeply misguided and will impose yet another obstacle to job growth in...
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Yankee Requests PCA List

Posted on Jan 11, 2012 in Advocacy, Featured, PCA, Press 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 public information available to the unions, it should also be available...
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Make Your Contribution Now

Posted on Dec 23, 2011 in Featured Make your tax deductible contribution to the Yankee Institute for Public Policy with safe, secure credit card processing by Piryx. Donate now!
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Government’s Thumb on the Election Scales

Posted on Oct 18, 2011 in Electoral Reform, Featured, Research Connecticut’s taxpayer-funded campaigns program paid for nearly half of state campaign spending in 2010 according to new research from the Yankee Institute for Public Policy. The Citizens’ Election Program (CEP) accounted for $26.1 million of the $53.5 million spent by all candidates for state offices. “Taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to pay for the campaigns of candidates they oppose,”...
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CT Sunlight: Salaries, Pensions …

Posted on Sep 26, 2011 in Featured CT Sunlight: View every state salary, pension, and expenditure. Find out where the money is going. Visit CTSunlight.org
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Courant: Small Office, Big Influence

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 in Featured, Press 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 a robust private sector is the key to economic growth. For part of its history,...
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