Religious Leaders Arrested At State Capitol While Protesting Budget Cuts Rebecca Lurye — Hartford Courant — Six clergy and seminary members were arrested inside the Capitol on Monday while protesting the state’s planned budget cuts to health care, education and other…
Dan Haar: New Long-Term Savings Figures For State Employee Concessions Show It’s A Solid Deal Dan Haar – Hartford Courant Finally some good news for Connecticut’s battered fiscal and economic picture: Early numbers on the long-term effect of the…
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Senate GOP: Overhauling labor laws would save more than concessions By: KEITH M. PHANEUF | May 31, 2017, CT Mirror, KYLE CONSTABLE / CTMIRROR.ORG Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, is joined by other members of the Senate Republican…
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…
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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…
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…
Campaign finance, minimum wage bills in the mix despite budget crush By Kyle Constable, CT Mirror, May 23, 2017 It’s easy to forget the General Assembly will pass legislation this year that isn’t the state budget. With Connecticut facing a…