David Scheer has known Gov. Ned Lamont and his wife, Annie Lamont, for nearly 30 years. “I built my first four companies with her,” Scheer said of Connecticut's first lady, a venture capitalist who worked with Scheer throughout the 1990s while at Oak Capital Partners.
The General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a measure Tuesday creating an emergency, interest-free loan program for an estimated 1,500 federal employees in Connecticut affected by the U.S. government shutdown.
Since federal and state government both pay for and regulate many aspects of health care, big policy changes from either can portend shifts in how health care is delivered and funded in Connecticut.
A decade-old influential group of Hartford businesses and property owners that funds cleaning and security services downtown could see its longtime city funding axed in the upcoming fiscal year.
When retirement plans first became available, many small and mid-size companies as well as nonprofits had few options. Furthermore, many 401(k) and 403(b) plans had an inherent conflict of interest built into them when financial advisors were paid by the fund companies. This incented advisors to recommend plans with the highest compensation to the advisor rather than lowest cost to the company and employees.
Q&A talks about the state of Connecticut's meetings and conventions industry with H. Scott Phelps, president of the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTCSB).
As the state attempts to initiate a program that could provide $52 million in aid to homeowners with crumbling concrete foundations, some major insurance companies are saying they have no intention of participating