Episode 3: Fundamental Connecticut

Fundamental Connecticut is a CPBN Partnership Production paid for by the Robert and Margaret Patricelli Family Foundation

Find out more: The following links bring you to some of the sources used to produce this episode. 

• Connecticut Budget of the State Comptroller 
• Connecticut General Assembly Office of Fiscal Analysis: Fiscal Accountability Report FY17-FY20
• Connecticut's Finances, "Fixed Costs"
• The Hartford Courant, "State Workers' Pensions, Retiree Health Care Fuel $1.3 Billion Budget Shortfall"
• The Connecticut Mirror, "A Guide to the Budget: Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go?"
• The Yankee Institute, "Connecticut Government Spending Grows Faster Than the State Economy"
• The Stamford Advocate, "Connecticut Economy Sees Big Changes During Recovery"
• Bloomberg.com, "These US States Haven't Fully Recoverered from Recession"
• The Connecticut Mirror, "Malloy Rejects Hospital Tax But Signs Most of New CT Budget Into Law"
• The Yankee Institute, "Fringe Benefits for State Employees Cost Up to 86 Percent of Payroll"
• The Connecticut Mirror, "Malloy Rejects Hospital Tax But Signs Most of New CT Budget Into Law"
• The Connecticut Mirror, "Big Deficits Two Years from Now Could Undercut Tax Cut Promises"
• The Connecticut Mirror, "Municipalities Say CT's Property Tax System is Unsustainable" 

Credits: Written by Bernard Kavaler. Produced by J Holt. Graphics by Jim Valentino. Voice: Anita Ford Saunders.