Category: Money & Financial
“Mileage Tax” Back on the Table
Fasano, Boucher: Republicans will be fighting this mileage tax idea until it stalls permanently
United Bank’s North Haven Team Presents $5,000 to Four Local Nonprofits
United Bank today announced that four local charities in North Haven received a generous donation of $1,250 each from the United Bank Foundation Connecticut during an event they hosted at their North Haven banking branch location.
Senate & House Republicans Propose Budget Plan
Republican lawmakers in the Connecticut General Assembly today proposed a revised 2017 budget that closes the state’s projected $935.7 million deficit, restores funding to core social services, protects local town education funding, and implements long-term structural changes to the state budget.
Quinnipiac University accounting students to offer free tax assistance sessions at Keefe Community Center on Thursdays
Quinnipiac University accounting students will offer free tax preparation services at a series of volunteer income tax assistance (VITA) sessions during this year’s tax season.
Quinnipiac University makes a voluntary payment of $400,000 to the town of North Haven
Quinnipiac University made a voluntary payment of $400,000 to the town of North Haven Monday during a ceremony at the North Haven Town Hall.
Senate & House Republicans submit petitions calling for special session to fix failing state budget
Following calls by hospitals, advocates for the disabled, and many others for legislative action to address Governor Malloy’s recent devastating budget cuts, Senate and House Republican legislators have all signed a petition seeking a special session of the General Assembly to rebuild the state budget and formally requested Democrat legislators do the same.
Yaccarino, Fasano, Freda applaud grant for Vanacore Field complex improvements
State awards North Haven $500,000 STEAP grant to demolish and replace nonfunctioning concession stand, install permanent bathrooms and locker rooms, replace visitor bleachers and repair fencing for local teams.
State Budget Cuts: Short Sighted to Say the Least
On September 18, Governor Malloy single-handedly passed $103 million in new budget cuts, including $63.4 million in reduced Medicaid payments to hospitals. The result of these cuts would increase hospitals’ tax liability to the state by over $267 million between fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2016, raising the state tax burden for hospitals to almost $500 million annually.
Fasano, Yaccarino, Freda Welcome Federal Grant to Support Transit-Oriented Development in North Haven
Senator Len Fasano, Representative Dave Yaccarino and First Selectman Michael Freda today applauded a $700,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration awarded to the State of Connecticut to conduct a study of transit-oriented development (TOD) opportunities in the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield rail corridor, also known as the Hartford Line.
Sen. Fasano Renews Call for Special Session Following Statement From GE
Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano (R-North Haven) wrote yesterday to Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Majority Legislative Leaders again requesting a special legislative session to make changes to the state budget and lighten burdens on Connecticut businesses.
Connecticut Certainly Not “Open for Business”
A controversial proposal was debated that shed light on Connecticut’s strange and one-sided relationship with our state’s job creators and hard-working middle class.
Sen. Fasano Fights for Taxpayers, Democrats Pass Budget with $2 Billion Tax Hike
Senator Len Fasano (R-North Haven), Senate Minority Leader, voted against the state budget for fiscal years 2016-2017 negotiated by Governor Dannel P. Malloy and legislative Democrats behind closed doors. The budget, which passed the Senate late last night and now heads to the governor’s desk, includes a $2 billion tax increase, the second largest tax increase in state history.