It’s time for corporations to pay their fair share of taxes Economic Snapshot • By Josh Bivens • May 18, 2017 for EPI.org It is often claimed that American corporate tax rates are much-higher than our international peers, and that…
Editorial Hartford Courant — May 21, 2017 Unions Please Help Unions, please be reasonable. The state is at stake. The Capitol is depending on concessions from you to help it out of its financial crisis. The city of Hartford is…
Jon Lender: Watchdog Agency May Get Ax, Just As It’s Begun Looking Into Tech-Schools Scandal Jon LenderContact Reporter – Hartford Courant – May 19, 2017 Connecticut’s watchdog agency for contracting—created by lawmakers after the Rowland corruption scandal, but neglected and starved…
Paul Filson, May 18, 2017 Reverend Dr. Damaris Whitaker from the Center Church in Downtown Hartford celebrated the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass by dedicating a memorial plaque and a court yard at the church. The ceremony was attended by more…
Joe Lieberman Would Be an Awful Pick for FBI Director But Trump seems likely to pick him anyway Former Sen. Joe Lieberman is reported to be the frontrunner for the FBI director position that was left vacant when Trump fired…
Attempting to succeed in business without really trying Serafín Méndez-Mendez Central Connecticut State University Professor of Communication By all accounts Mark Ojakian, the President of the Connecticut State University System, is a great man. I fondly remember the evening I was…
A unanimous House votes for oversight bill vetoed last year By: MARK PAZNIOKAS | May 17, 2017 Connecticut’s legislators acted Wednesday for the second time in two years to require independent oversight of the millions of dollars in grants, loans,…
Advocates say cutting Connecticut energy efficiency funds a mistake By Luther Turmelle, The Middletown Press, 05/17/17 Officials with a regional energy and environmental advocacy group say diverting money from Connecticut’s energy efficiency programs to help balance the state’s budget will cause…
Dan Haar: A Scary Look At The State’s 4,200 Threatened Layoffs Dan Haar, Hartford Courant, May 17, 2017 What would 4,200 state employee layoffs look like? It’s scary, and not just for targeted workers and the people who depend on…
Keep Connecticut’s Bottle Deposit Editorial Hartford Courant May 17, 2017 A bill that would eliminate the refundable 5-cent deposit on bottles and replace it with a 4-cent per bottle tax is bad policy that will hurt the environment, the consumer and…