Connecticut officials’ efforts to invest state money in shrinking federal human service programs are encountering more legal and technical challenges than anticipated, so the focus has begun shifting ...

For decades, Connecticut officials have been trumpeting the annual sales-tax-free week, including this year’s promotion, which begins Sunday and runs through Aug. 23. But such sales tax holidays ...

When legislators wrapped the 2025 General Assembly session, they watered down new investments in health care and special education and scrapped income tax relief for middle class families, believing ...

If you’ve ever noticed that higher earners pay a higher tax rate than lower earners, you’ve already encountered a progressive tax system. In simple terms, a progressive tax is designed so that tax ...

A progressive tax is a system of taxation where the tax rate increases as the taxpayer's income increases. A progressive tax reduces income inequality by redistributing wealth from high-income to ...