The tragic and senseless home invasion and murder Sunday of a New Britain woman has brought the need for tougher sentencing in Connecticut into view once more. “We have been told over and over that there is little that could have been done to prevent the evil acts that took place in Cheshire last summer [...]
Unfortunately, it isn’t a sports statistic. According to the Tax Foundation, Tax Freedom Day (the calculated date citizens have earned enough to pay their annual tax obligation and begin keeping what they earn) occurs nationally on April 23rd this year. Unfortunately for Connecticut residents, it will be a little longer for us. According to their [...]
House Republican Leader Larry Cafero (R-Norwalk) went head to head this morning with House Speaker Jim Amann (D-New Milford) during their taping today for Connecticut Public Television’s “On the Record” which is hosted by Steve Kotchko. The program will air tonight on CPTV at 9:30 p.m. If you happen to have something else to do on a [...]
If you thought that the Democrats’ unveiling of a budget yesterday that comes in lower than the one proposed by Governor M. Jodi Rell last month means they are ready to lower your taxes, think again. The Finance Revenue and Bonding Committee today voted 29-21 to continue the Real Estate Conveyance Tax, a tax we [...]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxh00uvkk6U&hl=en] Democrats today tried to take a page from the House Republicans’ successful 2007 No Tax Increase budget today by putting forth a spending plan that apparently won’t increase taxes this year but could lead to massive deficits next years because of built-in questionable savings.Republicans immediately questioned whether the proposal which includes $189 million new [...]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyB-fGDaDcU&hl=en] House and Senate Democrats today defeated a tough ‘Three Strikes’ bill today in the Judiciary Committee by a vote of 25-16. All Republican House and Senate members voted in favor of the bill that requires those criminals convicted of third dangerous felony such as murder, rape or assault to receive a sentence of life in [...]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DEMpZV05jk&hl=en] Today members of the House Republican caucus joined with other legislators, State Business Advocate Rob Simmons, and Connecticut business leaders and called for a full repeal of the state’s Business Entity Tax. The Business Entity tax was adopted in 2002 as a temporary measure to close a budget deficit. Six years on, the tax [...]
This afternoon in the Government Administration and Elections Committee, legislative Democrats defeated a measure offered by House Republicans requiring that under the new system of taxpayer-financed campaigns, all campaign items produced by campaigns accepting public funds would have a disclaimer saying that it is paid for in part by taxpayer dollars.Representatives John Hetherington (R-125) and David [...]
Facing a budget deficit in 2002 the General Assembly instituted the Business Entity Tax, a $250 fee that must be paid every year, regardless of profit or earnings by the business. They are taxed simply for their existance. We were told then that it was a temporary measure to get out of a budget crisis. Six [...]
The legislature is looking at a measure that would significantly expand a program that enables people who need long-term health care to receive it at home rather than at nursing homes. Senate Bill 561 would expand the current “money follows the person” demonstration program, which allows up to 700 individuals to use their Medicaid benefits [...]
