by Zachary Janowski | Sep 3, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
What would Connecticut’s budget deficit look like if the state had an aggressive spending cap? This is the question raised by a Mercatus Center report, State Spending Restraint: An Analysis of the Path Not Taken. In response to the study the two major-party candidates...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 30, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
According to Moore’s law, computers double in speed every two years. According to the state Auditors of Public Accounts, $75,572 worth of computer hardware sat around unused at the state Department of Banking for two years – allowing processor speeds to double before...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 27, 2010 | General, It Could Happen Here
The Philadelphia “blogger tax,” $50 a year or $300 lifetime, is really just a tax on non-wage income. In any case, it’s a bad idea. Cities in Connecticut have tossed around revenue ideas similar to this, like a sales tax add-on and other ideas pushed by the...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 26, 2010 | Features, General
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal called on Craigslist Wednesday to shut down its “adult services” advertising section. Blumenthal and 17 other state attorneys general are targeting Craigslist, but what about companies with operations in Connecticut? Craigslist is...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 23, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal uses a 20-plus-year-old desktop podium for his press conferences, while the state police officer who stands guard at Blumenthal’s 55 Elm St. office has one that cost $1,440. The Attorney General’s office bought the podium, a Forbes...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 16, 2010 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Legislators have attendance records ranging from 100 percent down to 23 percent, according to research by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy. The institute researched every vote on legislation taken during the 2010 regular legislative session and determined what...
