February 12, 2018 EditionEdition

🔒What Millennials want from work

“What Millennials Want from Work: How to Maximize Engagement in Today’s Workforce” by Jennifer J. Deal and Alec Levenson (McGraw-Hill, $35). Millennials (those born between 1980 and 2000) are often […]

🔒Farmington Bank volunteers teach business, economics to New Britain students

Employee volunteers from Farmington Bank spent a day at Holmes Elementary School in New Britain using Junior...

🔒Hartford Business Improvement District wins $50K grant

The Hartford Business Improvement District received a $50,000 grant from the United Bank Foundation in Hartford. The...

🔒The Hartford aims to stem worker shortage with call-center apprentices

John Kinney likes what he sees in the students working their way through The Hartford's new claims insurance apprenticeship program operated in concert with Capital Community College (CCC) in Hartford and a community college in Arizona.
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🔒Best Cleaners donates coats to Salvation Army

Best Cleaners recently held its ninth annual Coats For Connecticut campaign, which collected a total of 18,298...

🔒Federal tax overhaul creates uncertainty, hope for business owners

More than 30 years after digesting the last major federal tax overhaul, Connecticut accountants and legal advisers working to interpret the latest changes to the federal tax code say business clients are both enthusiastic and wary as they figure out how to adapt.

🔒Strategies for making tough decisions

There are times when we arrive at a fork in the road without our GPS. We are left to the mercy of our instincts, or to unfamiliar methods that can help us navigate through unknown terrain.

🔒Gas-tax revenue shows its limitations

Late last month, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy called for lawmakers to authorize statewide tolls, a new fee on tire purchases and a 7-cents-per-gallon hike in the state's 25-cent gasoline tax.
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🔒LindaCare to deepen CT roots with $8.7M fundraise

During the summer of 2016, when Connecticut Innovations was scouting Europe for startups to compete in its inaugural VentureClash investment competition, officials stumbled upon LindaCare, which was developing technology that allows doctors to remotely monitor patients with pacemakers and internal defibrillators.

🔒Lawmakers must be transparent on tolls

Typically I shy away from writing about the same topic two weeks in a row, but the debate over tolls is so important to Connecticut's future that it's worth the extra ink.

🔒How nonprofits fare with the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Like every sector, nonprofits won some and lost some in the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act. Here is a brief summary of the provisions impacting the nonprofit world.

🔒CT hospitals’ demand for immigrant medical talent on the rise

Over the past six years, independent Bristol Hospital has doubled down on recruiting medical providers — literally — growing the size of its core physician group to 63 doctors and 40 other licensed practitioners.
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🔒Q&A with Fernando Muńiz, Community Solutions Inc. CEO

With many state governments moving away from incarceration and investing more in community-based services, Fernando Muñiz sees opportunity for the Bloomfield-based organization he joined Dec. 4.

🔒Tax reform could have ‘chilling effect’ on charitable donations

Charitable giving could take a hit under the federal tax law, advisers say.

🔒State must end project-labor agreements

When it comes to fiscal stability, Connecticut has not had a good run in recent years.
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