April 25, 2016 EditionEdition

Economy & Labor

🔒Legislative process remains broken

For years, the Hartford Business Journal has alluded to the fact that Connecticut's legislative process is broken and the challenges facing the state are too complex for the current crop of leadership in the General Assembly.
News

🔒Farmington Bank treats locals to free breakfast

Farmington Bank's branch managers from its two Plainville locations surprised customers at Bagel's Plus in Plainville by...
Manufacturing

🔒W. Hartford’s Park Place, West Wynd sell for $9.45M

West Hartford's Park Place West and West Wynd apartments, totaling 106 units, recently sold for a combined...
Energy

🔒Budget woes shutter Trash Museum

Due to declining revenue from burning trash to create energy, a quasi-public waste management and recycling agency will close its 21-year-old Trash Museum in Hartford on July 1.
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Insurance

🔒Expanded homeowners insurance proposal harmful to consumers

The legislature's Insurance & Real Estate Committee recently proposed a bill that would require anyone who insures a home to purchase a policy with a costly and nationally unprecedented coverage mandate.
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🔒Greater Hartford women’s conference supports Dress for Success

The South Windsor Chamber of Commerce (SWCC) recently held The Greater Hartford Women's Conference, where professional women...
Nonprofits

🔒Shipman & Goodwin Presented with 2016 Corporate Partnership Award

The Boys & Girls Club of Stamford (BGCS) recognized three major advocates, including Hartford law firm Shipman...
Banking & Finance

🔒State must adapt to new fiscal reality

It's decision time in Connecticut. The greatest decisions surrounding government policy often come down to whether government has a spending problem or a revenue problem.
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News

🔒Tips to avoid the startup failure trap

Even knowing that the odds of success are against them, over 500,000 entrepreneurs start businesses each year. If small business owners want to beat the odds, they should heed the advice of 11 who made it big.
Education

🔒Closing CT’s coding skills gap

Q&A talks about the Connecticut Skills Challenge with Bruce Carlson, Connecticut Technology Council president and CEO.
News

🔒St. Francis providers give care to refugees

St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center healthcare providers Cheryl Jackson, Luke Mentzer, Paul Sullivan and Tom Turbiak...
Energy

🔒Pain in the Trash: CT waste plan leans on industry

For more than a decade, Connecticut regulators, municipalities and environmental groups have been nudging manufacturers and other businesses to assume more responsibility — financial and otherwise — for what happens to their products when consumers dispose of them.
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Arts & Culture

🔒Nonprofit Profile: CT Society of Certified Public Accountants

A look at the finances of the nonprofit Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants, as well as other nonprofit news from Greater Hartford.
Accounting

🔒CCSU aims to lift business-school profile

Despite an already crowded market, Central Connecticut State University i ramping up its graduate business education program, adding several new degrees in recent years to lure away working professionals.
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