Connecticut Economic Development

University of Connecticut Press Release: STORRS - As part of the ongoing process to explore affiliations with regional hospitals, the University of Connecticut today released a conceptual framework document that calls for significantly enhanced ties...

Gov. M. Jodi Rell has asked state agencies to come up with a list of projects that are ready to be built if the state receives federal stimulus funding. Rell directed the departments of Public Works, Transportation and Economic and Community Development...

A coalition of legislators is asking Connecticut's economic development commissioner to find a way to prevent two local newspapers from closing their doors. Newspaper publisher Journal Register Co. announced this month it plans to close up to 13...

Former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons still has a job with the state of Connecticut for at least six months, but his business advocate's office is the latest victim of the state's budget crisis. The Democrat-controlled legislature voted Monday night to eliminate...

More than a few undesirable sites mar the view along Hartford's highways, especially near the city line. But one ugly area on the west side has a shot a becoming a little more welcoming. Scrap metal yards on Flatbush Avenue that for decades have been a...

The state has awarded $350,000 in grants to seven biodiesel distribution facilities around Connecticut, Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Saturday. "Support for biodiesel production is not only an economic development issue but also an environmental issue,"...

The forecast for the state's treasury is, in the words of Gov. M. Jodi Rell, the worst since the Great Depression. A sudden decline in revenue from taxes — income, sales, corporate, you name it — is making the outlook for the next few years...

Connecticut is moving toward historic deficits that traditional tax increases and program cuts will not cure. With tax revenues dropping, this year's budget is $300 million in the red and the projected deficits over the next two years will total nearly $6...

It's a chilly morning and two old friends are supposed to meet for a game of hoops. The shy, steadier of the pair arrives early. The other, a fun-loving extrovert, arrives almost two hours late. The tardy one, Arthur Agee, strolls into his buddy's office...

Walter Gualtieri, owner of Roma Custom Tailoring on Cedar Street, knows the new downtown business association can attract shoppers and visitors to the town center. Last month, downtown business owners hosted an impromptu trick-or-treat event, and...

East Windsor bank again robbed on same day another man is sentenced for first robbery. Suffield selectmen back buying church to convert to senior center, set town meeting for Dec. 2. Enfield and other voters encounter registration trouble at DMV offices....

An East Windsor man who is a registered sex offender has been arrested on new sexual assault charges. Suffield residents want growth without upsetting town character. Athletic Hall of Fame inductees in Suffield and Windsor Locks. Students in Enfield...