On Sept. 7, Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher issued a decision in Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding Inc. v. Rell, which is the latest in a decades-long series of Connecticut lawsuits (commencing in the 1970s) that have sprouted in the soil where the “educational promise” the people inserted in the state constitution in 1965 (“There shall always be free public elementary and secondary schools in the state” and the “General Assembly shall implement this principle by appropriate legislation”) collides with the on-the-ground reality in poor public school districts (where educational outcomes lag far behind those in wealthier districts).
Nearly 90 representatives from some of Connecticut's most recognizable companies — Pratt & Whitney, LEGO, ESPN and Uber — gathered recently with the state's top energy regulators and boosters at UBS' Stamford headquarters to plot a green revolution in Connecticut.
A simmering political controversy over differing budget projections offered by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy that show a balanced budget on one hand, and a deficit on the other, is cause for concern to Connecticut taxpayers.
Small business owners by nature wear many hats to run and manage their companies. In many cases those responsibilities, while crucial to the operation of the business, are not the company's primary focus. One of these functions is running a small business' information technology or relying on internal staff to update, upkeep and maintain their IT despite technology not being their specific area of expertise.
The music licensing industry has struck again, this time targeting a downtown Hartford bar for playing 10 songs for patrons, when it allegedly did not hold the rights to do so.
South Windsor foodmaker Carla's Pasta is planning a $35 million expansion — its second in three years — of its 100,000-square-foot production plant that it says will add more jobs.
Robin Ann Bienemann is CEO and founder of Crimson Rook, a Connecticut firm specializing in helping small and mid-size companies increase value, transition to new owners or generations and address underlying business challenges.