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From the President
CT 20×17: Spread the Word By the time you receive this issue of CBIA News, we hope you will have seen the bright yellow and blue CT20x17 billboards and heard the radio spots publicizing the importance...
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Connecticut’s Economy Still the No. 1 Business Concern
‘Cost is a real factor’ Steve Blazejewski, global president of Covidien’s General Surgical Products business. Steve Blazejewski oversees a portfolio of $2 billion in surgical product sales for medical...
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From the President
Know. Engage. Vote Thomas Jefferson is often quoted as saying, “Democracy demands an educated and informed electorate,” a statement no less true today than it was at the time of our nation’s founding....
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Malloy, Foley: Where Do They Stand?
Candidates weigh in on the state budget, taxes, business costs, and education CBIA invited the major-party candidates for governor, Dannel Malloy (D) and Tom Foley (R) to respond to several questions...
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A New Era of Innovation
UConn’s Next Generation Connecticut By Bill DeRosa (L-R): Jim Torgerson, Mun Choi, Cato Laurencin, Deborah Dorcemus, Rachel Winsor, Stephen Escedy. On Oct. 30, more than 500 business and government...
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Connecticut Has Enormous Economic Potential…
But, says CBIA’s new leader, realizing that potential depends on policymakers’ commitment to making Connecticut a top state for business This month marks the beginning of Joe Brennan’s tenure as...
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From the President
Little Time to Waste As many of you know, the CT20x17 campaign aims to create a sense of urgency around the need for public policies that move Connecticut into the top tier of states for business and...
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Legislature Reconvenes: Can Connecticut Move Up?
Experts offer their insights at 2015 Economic Summit & Outlook The 2015 General Assembly session opened Jan. 7, bringing with it renewed hope for policy changes that improve Connecticut’s economic...
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Keeping Track
Which bills move Connecticut up? Which ones don’t? As this issue of CBIA News goes to press, the state legislature is considering numerous proposals that would help Connecticut move up into the top 20...
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Top 20 or Bottom Five?
State legislators have a big say in Where Connecticut ends up With a month to go in the 2015 legislative session, state lawmakers have a lot of decisions to make—some that will have a significant...
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From the President
Maintaining the Momentum The events in recent weeks around the state budget clearly showed what can be accomplished when CBIA and its members work with a singular purpose to achieve an important goal....
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Business Spoke, Lawmakers Listened
CBIA spearheads successful move to reopen budget, scale back tax increases—but $1.3 billion in anticompetitive tax hikes remains By Bill DeRosa Although the drama and media attention surrounding the...
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Progress Needed in 2014 Legislative Session
What will it take to move Connecticut into the top twenty in national business climate rankings by 2017? Feb. 5 marked the opening of the 2014 Connecticut General Assembly session, which—because it...
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Can Connecticut Achieve Fiscal Sustainability?
State’s competitiveness, place in national economic rankings depend on it On Feb. 6, after a one-day weather-related delay, Gov. Dannel Malloy opened the 2014 Connecticut General Assembly session with...
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Economist: State’s Fiscal Condition ‘Significant Weight on Economy’
Nationally, pent-up demand should spur growth By Lesia Winiarskyj Moody’s Analytics senior economist Ryan Sweet speaking at CBIA’s 2014 Connecticut Economic Update. Despite a soft patch, the U.S....
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Legislative Session Lacks Focus on Economic Competitiveness
Some strides made, ‘but we need more than just a bill here or a bill there’ By Bill DeRosa The short, three-month 2014 Connecticut General Assembly session that ended at midnight on May 7 saw progress...
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Connecticut’s Economy Still the No. 1 Business Concern
‘Cost is a real factor’ Steve Blazejewski, global president of Covidien’s General Surgical Products business. Steve Blazejewski oversees a portfolio of $2 billion in surgical product sales for medical...
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The Connecticut Economy
By Lesia Winiarskyj Boehringer Ingelheim’s James Baxter delivers the keynote address at CBIA’s fall economic conference. (Photo: Alan Grant/Digital Creations) How did the second-largest tax hike in...
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From the President
Credible, Not Negative CBIA’s main mission is to create a globally competitive business climate in Connecticut. Yet many people who oppose our objectives simply write us off as engaging in a kind of...
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After the Budget Battle: Here’s What’s Happening–and What Needs to Happen Next
By Bill DeRosa About three months have passed since the end of a bruising state budget battle that attracted national media attention. Most of that attention derided the legislature for proposing yet...
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