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...
View ArticleState’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...
View ArticleCapitol 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,...
View ArticleKeeping 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...
View ArticleTop 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...
View ArticleAn 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...
View ArticleLabor 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...
View ArticleBusiness 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...
View ArticleFrom 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....
View ArticleWe 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,...
View ArticleDRS 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...
View ArticleFrom 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....
View ArticleBusiness 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...
View ArticleCT20x17: ‘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...
View ArticleProposed 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,”...
View ArticleCBIA 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...
View ArticleState’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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleFrom 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...
View ArticleAfter 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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