CT Mirror– When Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin appealed for help to save his municipality from bankruptcy, one response he faced was that the capital city’s big-spending ways had come home to roost.
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Already Deep in Debt, Connecticut Struggles With Extremes of Wealth and Income
Op-Ed: Would a Long Island Sound Tunnel Help Revive Connecticut’s Failing Economy?
UConn Today– Connecticut’s economy has been shrinking since 2008; it desperately needs to find a way back to growth. Long Island’s economy is choking because of the necessity of everything going in or out through New York City. An interstate collaboration to “bridge” the Sound might address both challenges.
Connecticut’s Economy Fourth Quarter Growth Fails to Measure Up
Fate of Fiduciary Rule Unclear
Susan Campbell: Diapers Can Be Underpinning Of A Household
Dan Haar: Economists Call Sweeping Plan a Good Start
Donations to The Diaper Bank in North Haven Reach Record-Breaking Number
News Times– There are going to be a lot of dry baby bottoms around thanks to a record-breaking number of donated diapers.
Connex Credit Union donated 82,919 diapers — almost double the amount from last year— Thursday to The Diaper Bank, a local nonprofit that seeks to prevent the risk of health and parenting complications caused by limited access to diapers.
Connecticut’s New Stranded Tax Credit Program Aims to Unleash Investment
Hartford Business Journal– In 2014, Connecticut agreed to let United Technologies Corp. use up to $400 million in “stranded” research and development tax credits to keep and expand the presence of its Pratt & Whitney subsidiary in East Hartford.
Connecticut’s Economy Struggles to Recover
Hartford Business Journal – During the first quarter of 2017, Connecticut’s economy, as measured by real output or gross state product (GSP), contracted below where it was in 2004. After seven years of contraction from 2008 to 2014, the economy managed a modest 2 percent gain in 2015, only to retreat to essentially zero growth in 2016 and a sharp decline in early 2017.