March 9, 2026Edition

Bioscience

🔒With nearly $125M invested, bill proposes $25M boost for CT Bioscience Innovation Fund

A state fund that has backed more than 100 Connecticut bioscience startups since 2013 is running low on capital — and lawmakers are weighing whether to refill it.
Legal & Courts

Expert’s Corner: Transfer Act sunset reshapes environmental risk in Connecticut real estate

On March 1, the Connecticut Transfer Act finally sunset and was replaced with a Release-Based Cleanup Program. This...
Small Business

🔒More family businesses consider selling rather than passing to next generation

As baby boomer founders age and generational handoffs grow more complicated, more family-owned businesses are choosing to sell — and Connecticut advisers say the wave is just getting started.
Agriculture

🔒As family businesses seek new revenue streams, Bishop’s Orchards expands prepared-food, catering segments

A sixth-generation Guilford farm market is licensing a local catering brand to build out its prepared-foods business — and stay competitive as big-box grocers tighten their grip on food retail.
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Legal & Courts

🔒Cantor Colburn reshapes staffing model under new managing partner, targets 10% billing growth

The new managing partner of Hartford's Cantor Colburn is betting on early-career attorneys, competitive billing rates and an AI-driven patent boom to grow the firm's national standing.
Banking & Finance

Bordonaro: CT should resist the wealth tax temptation

As other Democratic-led states pursue wealth taxes, Connecticut should resist the temptation — its finances depend too heavily on a small group of high earners who can afford to leave.
Politics & Policy

🔒Boughton backs rebates, warns against rate hikes as DRS targets $2.5B in unpaid taxes

Connecticut's revenue commissioner is warning lawmakers to resist tax cuts, while his agency targets a $2.5 billion gap in unpaid taxes with AI, amnesty programs and small-business outreach.
Energy

🔒CT microgrid developer names new CEO for expansion push

The new CEO of Greenwich-based Unison Energy sees rising power costs and grid strain as a chance to scale the company's microgrid business — with data centers squarely in her sights.
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Energy

🔒CT water utilities face hundreds of millions in PFAS compliance costs that could reshape industry

Connecticut's largest water utilities face hundreds of millions of dollars in costs to filter 'forever chemicals' from drinking water — and customers will help foot the bill.
Banking & Finance

🔒PeoplesBank plants its flag across a growing stretch of CT

A Massachusetts mutual bank is expanding its Connecticut footprint — branches, employees and a $20 million arena naming-rights deal included.
Accounting

Expert’s Corner: Family business owners can hire their children — with tax risks in mind

Bringing your children or other family members into the family business can be a smart financial strategy. Besides...
Legal & Courts

Expert’s Corner: How the great generational transfer is driving family business M&A deals

The United States is in the midst of an unprecedented generational wealth transfer that is having an...
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