July 27, 2026Edition

The state's Certificate of Need program has a new home at the Department of Public Health, the biggest change to Connecticut's healthcare approval system since 2018.

Rocky Hill-based ExperienceMINT is selling retailers on touchscreens, "magic mirrors" and AI voice agents meant to give shoppers a reason to leave the couch.

Insurity's $100 million bet lands as property and casualty carriers rush to modernize aging systems. Regulators still require insurers to explain how their algorithms reach decisions, which has kept a data-rich industry moving slowly.

Charles Russell Speechlys hired eight partners away from Withers Bergman's New Haven office to launch its first North American locations, in New Haven and Manhattan. The London firm advises wealthy families whose assets span multiple countries.

Matthew Eacott, who built Aware Recovery Care's public story around his own recovery, faces a manslaughter charge in a 2022 overdose death and separate felony drug charges. He says he is innocent.

Keni Patel grew up cleaning rooms at his parents' 17-room Bethel motel and swore he would never join the family business. He and partner Anand Patel now own a $12 million Danbury hotel and are building toward a 10-property portfolio.

Connecticut hotel sales totaled about $125 million in the first half of 2026, roughly double the same period a year earlier. Brokers credit improving performance, a wave of deferred renovations and buyers who have stopped waiting for interest rates to fall.

Connecticut employers that use artificial intelligence to help make employment decisions face new obligations starting Oct. 1, with disclosure requirements following a year later. Here is what the law covers and where the enforcement risk lies.