HARTFORD — Rep. Themis Klarides tonight voted against a huge tax-hike budget that held virtually no spending cuts while demonstrating the legislature’s majority party is unwilling to compromise to settle the state’s multi-billion dollar budget crisis. Klarides, who represents Woodbridge, Orange and Derby said the plan from Democrat leaders put a sales tax cut — [...]
WALLINGFORD — One by one, a half-dozen or so employers sitting around a table here today looked toward a bank of television news cameras and delivered a sobering message that liberal legislators in Hartford just don’t seem to get: More taxes on businesses will bring more job losses. For Republican legislators here, it was yet [...]
With the summer winding down, many of you are likely getting your families ready to go back to school. And during these tough economic times, the back-to-school bill can be especially overwhelming. This is why Rep. Themis Klarides happy to remind her constituents about tax-free week. Connecticut shoppers will have a full week to take [...]
WOODBRIDGE — Conducting business in the state of Connecticut is difficult, and one executive here has a message for lawmakers: don’t make it any harder. Rep. Themis Klarides today toured Air Handling Systems, founded and owned by the Scott family. Check out the video above to learn a little more why massive tax increases proposed [...]
