by Zachary Janowski | Nov 15, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
A Stamford real estate developer must spend at least $9.7 million to receive a $25 million taxpayer contribution toward a waterfront remediation project according to documents obtained from the Department of Economic and Community Development. DECD provided two...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 13, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Democratic state Rep. Bruce “Zeke” Zalaski of Southington didn’t run for re-election last year after a decade in the legislature, but he didn’t retire from public service either. In January, Gov. Dannel Malloy appointed Zalaski to the...
by Zack Albert | Oct 9, 2013 | Blog, Economy
You often don’t know the value of what you have until it’s taken away from you. In the words of the Counting Crows, “You don’t know what you got till it’s gone”. If age-old wisdom and 1990’s rock bands are correct, then Americans still have no idea what government is...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 9, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The Tax Foundation again ranked Connecticut’s business tax climate as among the worst in the nation, including the second-worst rating on property taxes. Connecticut rose one slot from 43 to 42 in the 2014 ranking released Wednesday. Two years ago the state...
by Zack Albert | Oct 3, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, Municipal, Transportation
Before making any more comparisons between Hartford and the Big Apple, take a look at this modified map of Connecticut. New York City is more than 17 times the size of Hartford. Overlaying NYC on the state of Connecticut reveals that the city would cover from Windsor...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 27, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, Health Care, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut has distributed nearly $80 million in stem cell research grants but only two private companies received funding in the program’s seven years, with most of the money going to the University of Connecticut Health Center and Yale University. In 2011...
