by Zachary Janowski | May 24, 2013 | Blog, General, Taxes & Spending
State auditors found a Southern Connecticut State University athletics employee received $36,015 for accrued leave upon termination. The auditors found the payment “was correctly calculated and adequately supported.” No surprise the state owes its...
by Zachary Janowski | May 23, 2013 | Blog, Commentary, Economy, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
ESPN is illustrating a cautionary tale about “economic development” – in other words corporate welfare – by laying off employees in at least one Connecticut location while receiving incentives for “creating jobs” in another location. If the state really doesn’t have...
by Suzanne Bates | May 16, 2013 | Blog, General, Politics, State Budget
As we near the end of the state legislature session, which is set to adjourn June 5, the House and Senate are considering a flurry of bills that have made their way through the legislative committees. It might be appropriate at this point to suggest lawmakers adopt a...
by Zachary Janowski | May 13, 2013 | Blog, General, Politics
Legislation introduced in the Rhode Island General Assembly would allow Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy to marry a young couple there. The proposed law: SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, The Honorable Dannel P. Malloy,...
by Zack Albert | May 1, 2013 | Blog, Economy, Taxes & Spending
Who is to blame for crony capitalism? The answer may seem simple, and yet that is the unlikely question posed yesterday in an Atlantic article by Timothy Carney entitled “The Case Against Cronies”. Even more unusually, Carney argues that politicians are not the only...
by Zack Albert | Apr 24, 2013 | Blog, Municipal, Taxes & Spending
It should come as no surprise that, in some ways, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra’s proposed FY2013-2014 Budget is a case study in what is wrong with government. What may be surprising, however, is that the document also offers very real solutions to some of those...
