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David Lehman
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Connecticut steps away from big-ticket incentives
When it comes to economic development, Gov. Ned Lamont says that the state is largely out of the business of big-game hunting.
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Senate confirms David Lehman at economic development
The Connecticut Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to confirm the nomination of David Lehman as commissioner of economic and community development, ending nearly a two-month debate over Lehman history as a Goldman Sachs partner,
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Labor, business and the courtship of Ned Lamont
Lamont has sided with the rich on taxes and the working poor on the minimum wage. This has left his friends in progressive politics to wonder at times what values lay at his core.
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Lamont: DECD nominee unfairly tainted by ’08 collapse
Gov. Ned Lamont delivered a full-throated defense Monday of David Lehman, saying his economic-development nominee is unfairly tainted by his tenure at Goldman Sachs.
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Looney hedges on confirming David Lehman to DECD
The leader of the Connecticut Senate cast a chill Tuesday over the nomination of Goldman Sachs partner David Lehman as commissioner of economic and community development.
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A Wall Street exec volunteers, and Lamont readily accepts
The choice of Goldman Sachs partner David Lehman as the state’s new economic czar resulted from a cold call Lehman made after hearing the governor’s inaugural speech.
