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Yankee Institute

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Ensuring a Connecticut that is Affordable. Livable. Workable.

Hartford, CT

Joined March 2010

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Jun 6, 2025
New Haven is not Torrington. Greenwich is not Waterbury. Hartford is not Monroe. The very premise of zoning is that different communities have different needs and different priorities, and this bill ignores that entirely. H.B. 5002 is an assault on the tradition of local control
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Jul 14, 2025
Are you a teacher, police officer, firefighter, or office worker in CT? Your union dues matter, and you have the right to know where every penny goes. Ask your union for a copy of your unions' finances. If they say no, we can help. Contact us today at yankeeinstitute.org
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Jun 23, 2025
We commend @GovNedLamont for vetoing two detrimental bills: S.B. 8 and H.B. 5002. Our full statement 👇yankeeinstitute.org/2025/06/23/yan…
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Jun 6, 2025
H.B. 5002 centralizes zoning in Hartford, stripping CT towns of autonomy. And it completely ignores local needs. This is a bad bill and will be a bad law. #CTPolitics
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Jun 11, 2025
In Connecticut, state employees are retiring with pension benefits higher than their last salary. How? It’s a classic scheme known as “spiking.” @RedJahncke @thehill
In Connecticut, pension-spiking is alive and well
From thehill.com
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Sep 29, 2023
A Bridgeport senator said what happened in a recent absentee ballot scandal is "happening across many of our towns." However, the comment received little-to-no attention from other reps. But our Meghan Portfolio is on top of the story. Learn more 👇 yankeeinstitute.org/2023/09/29/wha…
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Jan 7, 2021
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu announced that NH will not be participating in the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI). Under this scheme, New Hampshire drivers would be forced to pay a significant new gas tax with little environmental benefit to the state.
Yankee Institute
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Jun 14, 2025
Be on the lookout in Fairfield County today. @GovNedLamont — Save our towns! Veto the Housing Bill!
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Apr 18, 2023
“The Connecticut legislature is advancing a bill that will place a fourth tax on gasoline, new taxes on diesel fuel and a first time ever tax on heating fuel along with every fuel used in this state.” @ct_investigator
Gas stations, truckers say emissions bill will drive energy prices higher
From insideinvestigator.org
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Jun 11, 2019
In this 1st installment of a 2 part series focusing on union money in CT government, we will examine the lawmakers whose current or former day job is inextricably tied with the unions that exert tremendous influence over Connecticut state government yankeeinstitute.org/feature/confli…
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May 21, 2025
🚨TAKE ACTION🚨 Opportunity scholarships will help low-income students and not take A PENNY from public schools. Why won't lawmakers give our students a chance? Tell them to be a dream maker! Take action here: votervoice.net/YankeeInstitut… @CTGOP @CTHouseBlueDogs @cthousegop
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Jan 6, 2022
The most serious labor shortage Connecticut faces is the lack of senators and representatives willing to do their jobs in Hartford. If the emergency powers are extended, the paychecks of every state legislator should be withheld until those emergency powers expire.
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Jan 6, 2022
Gov. Ned Lamont says a possible extension of his emergency powers under discussion. The current public health and civil preparedness emergency declarations expire Feb. 15. The legislature would have to OK another extension.
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May 23, 2025
🚨A bill too extreme even for California Paying striking workers will only make Connecticut more unaffordable. Tell your legislator that enough is enough. Take Action here: votervoice.net/YankeeInstitut…
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Apr 27, 2021
President Carol Platt Liebau,“It’s time to stop blaming the cold New England winters, the Cold War ending, the Whalers leaving or any other external factor. This is Hartford’s fault. They broke it and they have to fix it — for the struggling families of Connecticut.” #CTPolitics