Chris Powell has written about Connecticut government and politics for many years. He worked for the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Connecticut, and its predecessor weekly newspapers in Rockville and South Windsor from 1967 to 2023, 18 of those years as editorial page editor and 44 as managing editor. He long has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information. He can be reached at cpowell@cox.net. Unless otherwise noted, all content here is Copyright 2025 and earlier by Chris Powell. Use the mechanism at the bottom right side of the home page to subscribe. It's free.
By Chris Powell Are annual incomes of $250,000 a year for a couple and $100,000 for a single person not enough to support a family in Connecticut? That’s the implication of legislation proposed by many state legislators that would pay people $600 every year for each of as many as three of their children. AlongContinue reading “Must nearly all Connecticut be on government’s payroll?”
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