The tax cuts were supposed to help workers. Unions say they’re not. By Danielle Paquette April 5 — Washington Post — Labor groups want to see more of the tax-cut windfall. (Dennis Skley/Flickr) Unions that represent about 6 million workers in the United…
CT’s US News ‘best state’ ranking nosedives –BY PATRICIA DADDONA— 2/27/2018 — Hartford Business Journal — PHOTO | HBJ FILE– Connecticut’s capitol. Connecticut has plummeted to a ranking of 24th best state in the nation for 2018 from a perch of…
Dan Haar: Union poll finds Trump over Malloy, tax hikes over program cuts By Dan Haar, Tuesday, February 6, 2018, CTPOST.com It’s a bedrock principle in Connecticut that residents are fed up with tax increases and overwhelmingly think the state government…
Estimated 77,500 people lose health care in the 2018-2019 state budget Posted on October 31, 2017 by universalhealthct By Rosana G. Ferraro Governor Malloy has signed the budgetand health care for low-income people took a huge hit. Who loses? How many people are affected?…
As Trump Proposes Tax Cuts, Kansas Deals With Aftermath Of Experiment October 25, 2017 — JEREMY HOBSON — NPR — Here and Now In 2012, Republican Gov. Sam Brownback of Kansas pushed reforms through the Legislature that included across-the-board income tax reductions….
Bipartisan budget cuts public colleges, spares financial aid BY JACQUELINE RABE THOMAS | CT MIRROR 10/20/2017 The tentative state budget agreement between Republican and Democratic leaders would cut the state’s share of funding for public colleges and universities by $79…
Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies October 14, 2017 — Paul Krugman – New York Times Modern conservatives have been lying about taxes pretty much from the beginning of their movement. Made-up sob stories about family…
Conn. Higher Ed Students, Faculty Give ‘F’ To Republican Budget CSCU Faculty, stafff and students hold a press conference giving “report cards” to lawmakers unable to pass a budget and for sending Malloy a budget that proposes $93 million in…
UConn pushing hard to avoid GOP budget cuts PHOTO | PETER MORENUS, UCONN –PATRICIA DADDONA – Hartford Business Journal – As UConn and Republican leaders do battle over what the university has called “unprecedented” proposed GOP budget cuts to the university,…
Connecticut Business Taxes Actually Among The Lowest In The Nation Corporations can apply tax credits against a maximum of 50.01 percent of total tax liability, instead of 70 percent.(Courtesy of FOXCT) –BILL CIBES — Op-Ed in Hartford Courant– Report shows…