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Report: Local Connecticut Zoning Laws Contributing To Racial, Economic Segregation (WSHU)
In Connecticut, a report shows land-use regulations have stunted the state’s overall economic growth. That’s according to the School and State Finance Project. In the 23-page report, nonpartisan researchers found that local zoning laws hurt the state’s economy by keeping young people out of the housing and rental market.
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Report: Exclusionary housing practices are bad for Connecticut’s economy (Hartford Courant)
Restrictive land use regulations restrict Connecticut’s housing supply, raise housing prices and limit the state’s overall economic growth, according to a report issued by the nonpartisan School and State Finance Project.
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Katie Roy, Founder of Organization, Leaving Effective Nov. 7; Lisa Hammersley Named New Executive Director
It is with bittersweet emotions that we announce our founder and executive director, Katie Roy, will be leaving the School and State Finance Project effective November 7. Succeeding Katie as executive director for the School and State Finance Project will be Lisa Hammersley, who has served as the organization’s deputy executive director since December 2018.
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Connecticut School Finance Project Changes Name to School and State Finance Project to Reflect Expansion
On December 3, 2019, the Connecticut School Finance Project officially changed its name to the School and State Finance Project and updated its mission and goals to reflect the full breadth of its work and its continued growth.
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Payroll Tax Commission Gets To Work (CTNewsJunkie)
The idea of implementing a payroll tax and reducing Connecticut’s personal income tax was too complicated and too new to get approved in the last few weeks of the legislative session. However, the idea was intriguing enough for lawmakers to create a bipartisan commission that got to work on exploring the payroll tax concept this week. The idea was first proposed by the Connecticut School Finance Project.
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Dan Haar: Payroll tax reform moving forward for 2020 (Hearst Connecticut)
The radical idea of replacing most of the state income tax with a payroll tax paid by employers has bubbled quietly among a handful of policymakers for much of this year, and some had hoped it would come to a vote before the General Assembly ends its regular session June 5. That won’t happen. But even as lawmakers and Gov. Ned Lamont lurch toward a new state budget, some are still hard at work on the payroll tax concept — with an eye toward bringing a massive tax reform bill in 2020 that could save taxpayers and employers $1.6 billion a year and still net the state more than it takes in now.
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Swap of payroll tax for income tax has Capitol abuzz, but questions are aplenty (Hearst Connecticut)
When a radical plan to replace the state’s income tax with a payroll tax landed in Gov. Ned Lamont’s office earlier this week, his staff set to work vetting the idea. But even with the Capitol abuzz with the possibility, it’s unlikely to go anywhere during this legislative session with less than a month remaining, several other major proposals on the table and a growing list of questions — but not answers — about what such a drastic change in the state’s tax structure would mean for Connecticut residents.
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Dan Haar: Payroll tax would replace state income tax under radical new plan (Hearst Connecticut)
Democrats including Gov. Ned Lamont are preparing to replace most of the state income tax with a payroll tax, a new way to raise cash for the state that would mark the most radical change in Connecticut finances since the income tax started 28 years ago. The plan would mean a tax cut for every person who works in Connecticut, at least in theory. The plan came from the Connecticut School Finance Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group based in New Haven that works on public finance issues.
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Deputy Executive Director Lisa Hammersley Testifies Before Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee on Needs-Capacity Formula for Non-Education State Aid
(Monday, April 29, 2019) Testimony Regarding S.B. 1141, An Act Concerning Property Tax Reform
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Deputy Executive Director Lisa Hammersley Submits Testimony to Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee on Establishing a Payroll Tax
(Monday, April 29, 2019) Testimony Regarding S.B. 1143, An Act Establishing a Payroll Tax