Connecticut’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): In a Low-Wage Economy, the EITC is More Important than Ever Derek Thomas, M.P.A and Ray Noonan – CT Voices for Children Every job should allow parents to provide food, shelter, and financial security…
State pondering ending car tax cap May 29, 2017 – by Paul Hughes and Michael Puffer, Republican-American – HARTFORD — Car owners in Naugatuck and other high-tax towns could end up paying a lot more in the coming year or…
The Risks of U.S. Inaction on Climate Change Via NYTimes To the Editor: Re “Fighting Trump on Climate, California Becomes a Global Force” (“Runaway State” series, front page, May 25): Climate change is not an us-versus-them issue; it affects all…
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Study dispels myth about millionaire migration in the US May 26, 2016 — American Sociological Association — Published in Science Daily Summary: The view that the rich are highly mobile has gained much political traction in recent years and has…
Closing Connecticut Community Colleges Wrongheaded CSCU President Mark Ojakian at a town hall meeting in Middletown on proposed cuts and reorganization to the state colleges and universities system. (Cloe Poisson / Hartford Courant) By ELIZABETH KEIFER — opinion in Hartford…
Malloy: I’m not sure parks will open on July 1st By Mark Davis, News 8 Chief Capitol CorrespondentPublished: May 25, 2017, HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — With the long Memorial Day weekend upon us, the state budget crisis is casting a…
Beyond Basic Income: Claiming Our Right to Govern Technology Annette Bernhardt, Director, Low-Wage Work Program, UC Berkeley Labor Center, Published in MEDIUM, MAY 11, 2017, One common characteristic of universal basic income advocates, and indeed progressives and labor more generally, is a…
Lembo urges public healthcare option in CT PHOTO | CONTRIBUTED Comptroller Kevin Lembo By PATRICIA DADDONA, Hartford Business Journal, May 24, 2017 Connecticut Comptroller Kevin Lembo is calling for an expansion of the federal Medicare program providing health care for seniors…
Dems Praise Agreement Say Thanks — Rs Say Not Enough Hartford Courant– Christopher Keating and Daniela Altimari Unions Promote Collective Bargaining as Best Process for Reaching Savings – Ratification Vote in July CT Mirror– Keith M. Phaneuf Hartford Courant Says Agreement is…