Report: CT’s low-income jobs on the rise —PATRICIA DADDONA— Hartford Business Journal– Connecticut’s share of low-income jobs has ticked up by 1.3 percentage points since 2011, according to a report from New Haven-based Connecticut Voices for Children. According to the…
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…
Group Of Millionaires Pushes For Higher Taxes On The Wealthy As the state faces a budget deficit of $3.5 billion over two years, a group of “upper-income” state residents say they want to be part of the solution to solving…
Fresh food for low-income seniors axed from Malloy spending plan –By Kaitlyn Krasselt and Rob Ryser, August 10, 2017 — The Hour — Photo: Alex Von Kleydorff / Hearst Connecticut Media – Market master for the city of Norwalk’s farm stands,…
Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart By DAVID LEONHARDTAUG. 7, 2017 — NYT INCOME GROWTH Over previous 34 years But now, the very affluent (the 99.999th percentile) see the largest income growth. Many Americans can’t remember anything other than an…
Aetna boasts 52% 2Q profit increase —PATRICIA DADDONA — August 3, 2017 — Hartford Business Journal — Hartford health insurer Aetna boosted second quarter profits 52 percent as executives touted the company’s strategy to become more consumer-focused while planning for geographic…
Toubman: ‘If we don’t raise revenue somehow, we shred the safety net’ — By: KEITH M. PHANEUF | July 30, 2017 — CT Mirror KEITH M. PHANEUF / CTMIRROR.ORG Sheldon Toubman, staff attorney with New Haven Legal Assistance Association One of Connecticut’s most…
Union ad casts GOP leaders as ‘protectors of billionaires’ –By: KEITH M. PHANEUF | July 20, 2017– CT Mirror — The state’s largest healthcare workers’ union took some jabs Thursday at the top Republicans in the legislature, charging them in a new ad…
State employees overwhelmingly ratify concessions By Keith M. Phaneuf and Mark Pazniokas via CTMirror Unionized state employees have voted overwhelmingly to ratify the concession deal negotiated with the administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, shifting the focus to a closely…
State OT spending continues downward slide PATRICIA DADDONA – July 11 – Hartford Business Journal — Connecticut’s state government reduced overtime spending by 6.7 percent in fiscal 2017, according to the nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis. The OFA report released Tuesday…