April 19, 2021Edition

The old proverb, “The road to ruin is paved with good intentions” can be aptly applied to Gov. Ned Lamont’s Climate Change Adaptation Bill (House Bill 6441), which would grant municipalities the ability to establish a program to mitigate the impacts of climate change by various means, including the purchase of open space in certain circumstances.

The General Assembly’s Environment Committee has put Connecticut motorists one step closer to paying even more for what are already among the highest gasoline and diesel taxes in the country with their approval of Senate Bill 884, a Gov. Lamont-endorsed bill authorizing the state to enter the Transportation & Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P).

If there was ever a time the city of Hartford needed a big vision to chase it would be now — and that’s precisely what a new plan to remake the city’s highway system offers.

Sports-training company Northeast Performance Institute, based in Portland, has expanded operations dramatically over the past two years, powered in part by an upswing in interest in golf during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Connecticut manufacturers are taking steps like expanding their supplier base and avoiding purchases from outside North America when possible to shore up their supply chains.

Connecticut tourism booster Randy Fiveash said he sees a strong rebound for the industry in the months ahead, and he’s got some data to back it up.

Bradley International Airport wants to expand its leisure travel offerings as an increasing number of newly COVID-19-vaccinated people itch to take vacations they’ve postponed for more than a year.

Connecticut is offering potentially decades-long property and sales tax discounts meant to lure in major data center operators such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft.

Masonicare is seeking to clear a permanent reduction in beds at its skilled nursing facility with the state as some industry observers anticipate a shift toward more home- and community-based care.

Leaders of Connecticut's Opus Organization, a statewide coalition of minority entrepreneurs, say the shift to online meetings has deepened and strengthened their bonds — and their businesses.

Dakota Partners has been one of the most active apartment developers in Greater Hartford over the past five years, and despite some challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Waltham, Mass.-based firm remains as focused as ever on the region.

Connecticut single-family home sales have spiked over the past year to levels not seen since 2005, but don’t expect an equivalent surge in new construction, area builders say.