Two big city Connecticut mayors aren't letting their primary defeats stop them from lobbying Congress and presidential candidates for more federal funds. Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra and Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch were at the U.S. Conference of Mayors fall meeting to push that agenda.
At an international event on Tuesday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a declaration to commit Connecticut to reducing its carbon emissions 80 percent below 2001 levels by 2050.
Bloomfield health insurer Cigna on Wednesday announced it has launched a new collaborative care initiative with the Providence-Swedish Health Alliance in western Washington state.
The Greater Hartford metropolitan area is the 11th fittest city in the nation this year, an improvement of one spot since 2014, according to the American College of Sports Medicine.
Greater Hartford has cracked the top 50 in a national ranking of cities with top tech talent, but don't expect the region to become another Silicon Valley, or supersede New York and Boston as a haven for technology companies.