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A Legacy of Debt
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CONNECTICUT TAXPAYERS: Please read this Excellent Five Part
Series on the State of our State by CTMirror.org. A special thank
you is extended to Keith Phaneuf and all who worked
with him on this very extensive project. Knowledge is power, and
as such Taxpayers throughout Connecticut must
take action and demand accountability from those whom you elect to office. Susan
Kniep
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Keep Current on the State of
our State with
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Budget/Economy
Looney wants half-penny sales tax option for cities and towns
By: Keith M. Phaneuf |
April 7, 2017
Senate President Pro Tem Martin M. Looney of New Haven
called Friday for an optional local sales tax increase to help cities and towns
control property tax rates. This would add a local surcharge of one-half of 1
percentage point to the existing 6.35 percent state sales tax. Continue Reading →
Connecticut not alone in facing budget deficits
By: Keith M. Phaneuf |
April 7, 2017
Connecticut is not alone in its budget woes, but it does
have less margin for error in dealing with them than other states, according to
new reports from two nationally recognized policy think-tanks. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Budget/Economy,
Center on Budget Policy Priorities, Connecticut state budget, sales tax,
state
income tax, The Pew Charitable Trusts
House endorses farm-based breweries in Connecticut
By: Mark Pazniokas April 5,
2017
The House of Representatives began moving legislation
Wednesday with the passage of a string of bipartisan bills, including measures
authorizing farm-based breweries and expanding an angel investor tax credit
program. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Budget/Economy
Wall Street agency warns CT budgets will be bleak for years
By: Keith M. Phaneuf | April
5, 2017
A major Wall Street credit rating agency warned investors
Wednesday that Connecticuts
weak economy and surging retirement benefit costs are likely to plague state
budgets and test the state’s fiscal management for several years to come. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Budget/Economy,
Labor,
budget2017,
Connecticut state budget, Moodys Investors
Service, pensions,
Wall
Street
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