by Marc E. Fitch | Jan 15, 2019 | Labor, Yankee News |
In the six months since the controversial Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME, state employee unions gained 2,952 members but lost income from 11 percent of state employees, according to a comparison of union membership numbers between April and December of...
by Marc E. Fitch | Jan 14, 2019 | Transportation, Yankee News |
Democrat Leaders in the Connecticut House and Senate indicated they would be willing to reduce the gasoline tax in order to gain public and political support for tolls. Senate President Martin Looney, D-New Haven, said he would be willing to cut gasoline taxes in...
by Marc E. Fitch | Jan 8, 2019 | Pensions, Yankee News |
Since 2012, Connecticut has paid the full annual cost of pensions for the state’s Judges, Family Magistrates and Compensation Commissioners Retirement System, nevertheless the pension debt for judges has increased during that time. Although much smaller than...
by Scott Shepard | Jan 7, 2019 | Policy Corner, Taxes, Yankee News |
The counter-intuitive fact is that Connecticut’s estate tax hurts everyone – and mostly hurts those who depend on state payments, not those who pay the most in taxes. We need to abandon it. Proponents of estate taxes make a number of arguments in its defense. The...
by Marc E. Fitch | Jan 4, 2019 | Transportation, Yankee News |
Governor-elect Ned Lamont has reiterated his call to toll trucks as a way to raise revenue for state transportation costs but truckers and trucking companies are already paying for Connecticut roads, according to data released by the American Transportation Research...
by Marc E. Fitch | Jan 3, 2019 | Yankee News |
The latest National Movers Study by United Van Lines showed Connecticut had the third highest rate of people moving out in the nation. According to the study, which tracks state-to-state migration patterns, 62 percent of Connecticut moves were outbound compared to 38...
