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Connecticut Proposal Would Limit Public Access to College Course Materials

by Meghan Portfolio April 24 , 2026

New Rankings Reinforce Connecticut’s Decades-Long Affordability Problem

by Andrew Fowler April 22 , 2026

Connecticut Lawmakers Move to Change the Rules While Cases Are Still Pending

by Meghan Portfolio April 21 , 2026

Connecticut Doubled Its Minimum Wage. Poverty Barely Moved.

by Meghan Portfolio April 20 , 2026

Connecticut’s Latest Labor Bill Expands Risk for Employers

Connecticut’s Latest Labor Bill Expands Risk for Employers

The House is preparing to vote on a sweeping omnibus labor bill that, on paper, aims to strengthen worker protections and improve working conditions. In practice, business groups and industry stakeholders warn it would significantly expand regulatory requirements, increase costs, and introduce new legal risks for employers. The Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA) warns […]

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Meghan Portfolio April 27 , 2026

Connecticut AI Bill Would Put Workplace Technology on the Bargaining Table

by Meghan Portfolio April 22 , 2026

‘No Substantive Givebacks’: UConn Faculty Contract Raises Questions About Bargaining Balance

by Meghan Portfolio April 17 , 2026

Meghan Portfolio Featured in The Washington Post

by Yankee Staff April 15 , 2026

Connecticut’s Tax System Isn’t Broken — It’s Designed This Way

by Meghan Portfolio April 15 , 2026

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New Rankings Reinforce Connecticut’s Decades-Long Affordability Problem

New Rankings Reinforce Connecticut’s Decades-Long Affordability Problem

by Andrew Fowler April 22 , 2026

Connecticut Lawmakers Move to Change the Rules While Cases Are Still Pending

April 21 , 2026

Connecticut Doubled Its Minimum Wage. Poverty Barely Moved.

April 20 , 2026

Middletown Parent Launches Second Petition to Remove State Senator from Black and Puerto Rican Caucus

April 1 , 2026

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New Rankings Reinforce Connecticut’s Decades-Long Affordability Problem

New Rankings Reinforce Connecticut’s Decades-Long Affordability Problem

by Andrew Fowler April 22 , 2026

It’s Time to Eliminate Occupational Licensing Fees

February 13 , 2026

CT’s Bond Rating Upgrades Prove Fiscal Guardrails Are Working — So Why Undermine Them?

September 12 , 2025

Business Leaders Urge CT to Cut Taxes, Energy Bills

September 8 , 2025

Labor

Meghan Portfolio Featured in The Washington Post

Meghan Portfolio Featured in The Washington Post

by Yankee Staff April 15 , 2026

Union Reporting Threshold Threatens Worker Transparency

July 31 , 2025

Unveiling Financial Transparency Failures in Labor Organizations

July 24 , 2025

Prevailing Wage Rat Buried in Budget Bill Will Cost Connecticut Jobs

June 4 , 2025

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Welcome!

The Connecticut State Legislature will begin its 2023 session on January 4^th and will adjourn on June 7^th. The “long session,” as non-election years are called in Hartford, will be centered around the biennial budget. The Office of the State Comptroller reports that state government found a way to spend $47.11 billion in 2022 and, if trends continue, we can expect that number to grow even more going forward. Concerns over energy prices, inflation, and general cost of living continue to dominate the headlines and the threat of a recession hovers over economic forecasts.

What will our elected officials be working on to improve policy outcomes for Connecticut residents? What tax reform proposals will there be? What can be done to lower home heating bills? How will state and local budgets be affected by fewer federal resources? How will schools be implementing to curriculum requirements?

While we wait to see the thousands of individual and committee bills that while dominate the myriad policy debates this year, Yankee Institute is hard at work promoting free-market solutions to the problems we face from Stamford to Putnam and Mystic to Salisbury. To that end, we have produced a new edition of our Charter for Change. The Charter provides commonsense reforms to make Connecticut’s government work for its residents.

Though the list of reforms may be exhausting to review, it is far from exhaustive! And that’s why we want to work with you to build a broad-based coalition to encourage sound policy reforms to enable Connecticut residents to forge a better future for themselves and their families.

It’s also imperative that we do so. As we noted in a report and CT Mirror op-ed last year, the debate over whether we’re in a national recession really misses the point for Connecticut residents. We had more people employed in the private sector in 2007 than we do today. Our economy has grown at one of the slowest rates in the nation for the past decade, and we are getting outpaced year after year. We’re not attracting innovation and industry. We’re losing some of our best and brightest as they seek other parts of the country where it’s easier to make a living.

But together, we can reverse this trend.

At Yankee Institute, we know Connecticut is a state with boundless opportunity, and we intend to help make our state more than a place where people are just able to make ends meet! Connecticut should be a place where everyone can thrive – and with your help, it will be.

Sincerely,

Yankee InstituteDirector of External Affairs

Bryce Chinault

Yankee Institute
Director of External Affairs