Undaunted by a lack of interest from state legislators and most gubernatorial candidates, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy continues to try to keep Connecticut focused on rebuilding its aging, overcrowded transportation system.
Economic Development
Stories about business growth in Connecticut across industries including health care, child care, manufacturing and film.
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GOP gubernatorial candidates find common ground again and again
The five Republicans battling for the gubernatorial nomination had a tough time separating themselves Monday during a debate at the University of Fairfield.
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JAX Labs surpasses 10-year goals in under six years
FARMINGTON- State officials announced Tuesday they are forgiving a $165.9 million loan to Jackson Laboratory (JAX) because it has surpassed its 10 year goals for employment just four years after opening its doors on the UConn Health campus.
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Malloy does what legislators won’t: Orders $10 million study of tolling
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy ordered state agencies Tuesday to develop a comprehensive, $10 million study of electronic tolling that would examine pricing, locations, and the potential to capture revenue from out-of-state motorists.
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Boughton sketches path to CT income tax repeal
Republican gubernatorial contender Mark Boughton upped the ante Monday in his plan to phase out the state income tax, pledging more than $380 million in taxpayer relief in his first two-year budget.
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Navy picks EB for maintenance work on USS Indiana
WASHINGTON – Rep. Joe.Courtney on Friday said the Navy’s decision to bring the USS Indiana for maintenance at Electric Boat will save as many as 300 jobs at the shipyard.
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Trustees approve sale of West Hartford campus to tech group
The University of Connecticut Board of Trustees voted unanimously Friday to sell the former West Hartford campus for $5.2 million to a global financial-technical firm to develop a new, $283 million technology headquarters there.
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A crash course on luring sports betting from the shadows
It was an eclectic audience at a seminar to learn about a business still illegal in Connecticut, if for the moment. There was an OTB guy from Suffolk, N.Y., a casino and horse-track general manager from Ruidoso Downs, N.M., the Harvard-educated consumer-protection commissioner of Connecticut, and three silent observers from the National Hockey League.
The agenda: How to make a buck by taking bets on sports.
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Among Connecticut cities and towns, the wealthiest are the big spenders
While Connecticut’s distressed cities often are perceived as having bloated budgets, the wealthy suburbs easily outspend their urban neighbors on a per capita basis, sometimes by margins nearing two-to-one. Second in a series.
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Collective bargaining, not money, dominates this budget fight
Connecticut’s legislative leaders struggled into the early morning Wednesday in negotiations to resolve what may be the state’s strangest budget fight: It’s not about money.
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House narrowly approves study that could roil CT casino landscape
The House narrowly approved a bill Friday that would authorize a study of siting a new casino in Connecticut.
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Bridgeport casino, Hartford debt aid complicate CT budget talks
With just five days left in the legislative session, a stubborn wrinkle is complicating efforts to craft a new state budget: regional politics.
Posted inTransportation
Tweed’s future sparks stormy hearing
The length of the runway at Tweed New Haven airport was the source of a contentious debate between the facility’s neighbors and advocates of economic growth.
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Pro sport leagues urge CT to help preserve ‘integrity of the game’
Two major sports leagues sent retired stars to the Capitol on Tuesday to urge Connecticut to regulate sports gambling in a way that best preserves the integrity of professional athletics.
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Competing CT budget plans rely on April tax bonanza
Democratic and Republican legislators offered competing visions for the next state budget Friday, but both effectively dipped into this spring’s unexpectedly high income-tax revenues to salvage key programs for towns and social services, drawing a sharp rebuke from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.