According to Fortune Magazine’s 2016 list of Fortune 500 companies, Connecticut’s 18 Fortune 500 companies put it at the top of the list of states when measured on a per-capita basis. Source: CT Senate RSS Feed
Details“The Republicans’ sudden interest in the needs of poor people is heartwarming. It’s also absurd. Where was this concern when they voted against the Earned Income Tax Credit, maybe the single most effective way to help lift people out of poverty? What about when they voted all those times against increasing the minimum wage—another effective…
Details“The level of hypocrisy here is mind-boggling. If you cut down all the trees in all the forests of our beautiful state you still wouldn’t have enough paper to list all the times Republican legislators voted to cut various types of local funding—oftentimes for education—and services for the poor, including health care. For them to…
DetailsSenate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) joined Side by Side School Director Matthew Nittoly and state and local officials to announce that on Thursday the General Assembly gave its final approval to $2.5 million in funding to help Side by Side build a new, permanent middle school. Sen. Duff played a critical role in securing…
DetailsSenate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) joined with Gus Sclafani Importers, a 4th-Generation family business located on Butler Street in Norwalk to hail the unanimous bipartisan passage of legislation removing unnecessary and outdated regulations on businesses that import and manufacture food. Source: CT Senate RSS Feed
DetailsMembers of the Senate Democratic Caucus tonight hailed the final legislative passage of Senate Bill 2, An Act Supporting Veteran-owned Small Businesses. The bill, a top priority of the Senate Democratic Caucus, the proposed bill would give veteran-owned small businesses additional bidding preferences under state contracting laws. The measure now heads to Governor Malloy’s desk…
DetailsDemocratic leaders in the General Assembly today released their $920 million plan to balance the FY 17 budget. The plan leverages Connecticut’s highly educated workforce and bioscience sector, consolidates government and creates efficiencies, institutes fiscal reforms and reduces government benefits. The Democratic plan avoids burdening businesses and does not raise taxes. Additionally, the Democratic plan…
DetailsStanding side-by-side with veteran small-business owners, a bipartisan group of state senators announced their intention to vote today on a bill to support to veteran-owned small businesses. The proposed bill would give veteran-owned small businesses additional bidding preferences under state contracting laws. A vote on the proposed bill is expected later this afternoon. Source: CT…
DetailsIn a first step toward a new direction in economic development for the State of Connecticut, legislation aimed at fostering the growth of new, innovative Connecticut businesses won bipartisan, unanimous approval Thursday in the General Assembly’s Finance, Revenue & Bonding Committee. Source: CT Senate RSS Feed
DetailsSenate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) today led passage of a Senate resolution calling on the United States Senate to consider the nomination of Merrick Garland to be the next Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Senate Resolution 11, A Resolution Memorializing the United State Senate to Conduct Confirmation Hearings for the President’s…
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