by Katherine Concepcion | Feb 18, 2013 | Blog, General, Politics
Connecticut is the fourth most liberal state, according to a recent Gallop poll, with nearly three in 10 voters calling themselves liberal. Massachusetts, Oregon and Vermont are more liberal than Connecticut; Delaware is equally liberal. About 40 percent of...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog, General, Health Care
The Affordable Care Act won’t work for exactly the reason it is constitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts pleased many of his detractors by ruling that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional because it is a tax. However, the goal of the ACA – better health...
by Zack Albert | Feb 6, 2013 | Blog, Economy, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut has a spending problem. Since 1970, state expenditures have increased an inflation-adjusted 368 percent, a figure which does not include the additional spending increases Governor Malloy is expected to announce at noon today. Reuters predicted...
by Suzanne Bates | Feb 1, 2013 | Blog, Education, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Gov. Dannel Malloy announced on Thursday that he wants to borrow $1.5 billion over the next 10 years to strengthen the science, technology, engineering and math programs at the University of Connecticut. This announcement raises a few questions. First, how much of...
by Zack Albert | Jan 23, 2013 | Blog, Economy, Municipal, Taxes & Spending
While the weather may have been rather pleasant on January 8th, the new Connecticut legislative session opened that day with a rather ominous fiscal cloud overhead. According to the Office of Fiscal Analysis, the expected revenue for the year has once again been...
by Zack Albert | Jan 16, 2013 | Blog, Taxes & Spending, Transportation
As the state once again finds itself in a fiscal hole, legislators scramble to offer new (or in this case, not so new) ways to raise much-needed revenue for the state. With expected cuts to state and municipal aid at the federal level and a budget storm rumbling in...
