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CBIA Board of Directors Adopts Resolution on State Budget Proposal

Urges bipartisan cooperation in closing deficits At their March meeting, CBIA’s Board of Directors adopted the following resolution regarding the governor’s 2016–2017 state budget proposal now before...

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State’s Bioscience Firms Feeling the Heat

Tax increases would have major impact on companies’ ability to compete By Bill DeRosa Connecticut’s biosciences sector is one of the crown jewels of the state’s high-tech, knowledge economy. Over the...

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Capitol Buzzing About Sustainable Spending

Ideas to take Connecticut from budget crisis to fiscal confidence Is it really possible to improve state services, make the budget more sustainable, and reduce the need for more tax increases? Yes,...

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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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An Open Letter to State Legislators

From the CT20x17 Steering Committee Dear Connecticut Legislators: The 2015 General Assembly session will be ending soon. The choices you make in the next few weeks will have an enormous impact on...

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Labor Bills Continue to Vex Connecticut Business Community

CBIA working hard to defeat anticompetitive proposals With the threat of massive tax increases, unsustainable state spending, and a host of costly labor and employment bills, the 2015 legislative...

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Business Climate and Budget

Gov. Malloy, Brennan, Griebel discuss the issues By Bill DeRosa L-R: Gov. Dannel Malloy, CBIA President and CEO Joe Brennan, and MetroHartford Alliance President and CEO Oz Griebel. (Photo: Brian...

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From the President

A False Choice We’re often told at the Capitol that we have a choice: We either raise taxes or cut services to our neediest citizens. That’s a false choice. A progressive society can succeed at both....

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We Can Do Better

Lawmakers considering dangerous combination of unsustainable spending increases, major tax hikes At the time of this writing, just a few weeks before the end of the 2015 General Assembly session,...

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DRS Commissioner Keynotes CBIA Tax Conference

Says Connecticut needs a more relevant tax system By Lesia Winiarskyj DRS Commissioner Kevin Sullivan addresses business leaders at the CBIA 2015 Connecticut Tax Conference on June 26. Connecticut’s...

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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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CT20x17: ‘Seize the Opportunity’

Tell lawmakers why Connecticut must be a top 20 state for business By Bill DeRosa This scenario offers the business community a prime opportunity to move the CT20x17 campaign toward its goal of making...

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Proposed Tax Increases Hit State’s Economic Drivers

Short-term fixes put long-term competitiveness at risk By Bill DeRosa Tax increases on Connecticut’s key industries don’t solve the state’s fiscal problems and could undermine our economic recovery,”...

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CBIA Board of Directors Adopts Resolution on State Budget Proposal

Urges bipartisan cooperation in closing deficits At their March meeting, CBIA’s Board of Directors adopted the following resolution regarding the governor’s 2016–2017 state budget proposal now before...

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State’s Bioscience Firms Feeling the Heat

By Bill DeRosa Connecticut’s biosciences sector is one of the crown jewels of the state’s high-tech, knowledge economy. Over the last two decades, state policymakers have shown strong support for...

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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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