October 24, 2016 EditionEdition

🔒Expanding school choice key to education reform

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).

🔒New biz group aims for statewide sustainability action

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.

🔒Republicans’ budget-forecasting concerns are legitimate

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.

🔒Nonprofit Profile: CT State Medical Society

Sovita Chiropractic Center presented a $1,000 check to a group of youth members at the Asylum Hill...
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🔒Advertising Club of CT Announces Winner of the Out of Home Competition

The Advertising Club of CT announced the winner of the 2016 Out of Home competition, which had...

🔒Tips for outsourcing your company’s IT

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.

🔒CT’s successful family businesses run the industry gamut

One of the great things about family businesses is that they can sprout in nearly any industry....

🔒Windsor Chamber of Commerce donates school supplies

The Windsor Chamber of Commerce collected more than 50 backpacks filled with school supplies during the Chamber's...
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🔒Russian Lady hit with music lawsuit

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.

🔒Carla’s Pasta dishes up $35M S. Windsor expansion

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.

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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.

🔒Knox and TD Bank plant trees in Hartford

Staff and volunteers from Hartford nonprofit KNOX were joined by employees from TD Bank to participate in...
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🔒Kelser holds charity fundraiser for American Lung Association

East-Hartford technology consultant Kelser Corp. held its 20th annual Kelser Charity Challenge fundraiser for the American Lung...

🔒Eight advanced leadership skills to engage employees

“Lead More Control Less — 8 Advanced Leaderships Skills That Overturn Convention” by Marvin Weisbord and Sandra...

🔒Interstate trucks don’t get ‘free’ ride on CT’s highways

Dear Editor:I am writing to clarify one point that was made in your Q&A with Congressman John...
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