Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006
- Businesses battling state’s high costs to stay competitive
- Preparing for electric rate increases
- New DEP enforcement tool proposed
- Skilled-worker shortage challenging state’s economy
- Health care ‘transparency,’ wellness programs to help consumers
- State is 28th-best for business
Tuesday, May 16 -- Results of the 2006 General Assembly
- State's roads, rails will be improved
- Business tax help pledged and delivered
- Some steps taken to prepare skilled workers
- Pro-jobs efforts eclipse anti-business bills
- Brownfields development gets boost
- Speaker’s group studying ways to reduce state’s uninsured
- Aggressive changes to eminent domain laws rejected
- Special energy summit set
May 5, 2006
April 28, 2006
- Assembly OKs elimination of property tax on manufacturing machinery and equipment
- House passes major transportation bill
- Bill thwarts state's global competitiveness
- Workers' comp reform still under attack
- Lawmakers' energy progress could be offset by tax proposal
- Committee rejects ergonomics bill
- Eminent domain proposal creates agency, hurdles
April 20, 2006
- House passes bill that will hurt state's global competitiveness
- Clock's ticking at the Capitol -- but still time to help state's economy
- Major tax issues still to be resolved
- Repeal of workers' comp reform would be costly
- Businesses seeking more stability in electricity rates
- Little settled on environmental bills
April 13, 2006
Legislative Alert:
Key workers' comp reform under attack -- Contact your legislators to reject SB-25
Other top stories:
- 'Play or pay' health care tax is stopped by committee
- Bills to hike energy costs even higher fail in committees
- Don't weaken R&D -- one of Connecticut's 'true competitive advantages'
- Federal health care bill could affect small businesses
Overview of bills
- Issue-by-issue review of pending business legislation (Download PDF file)
April 7, 2006
- Finance Committee adopts tax package
- Energy bill to isolate Connecticut
- Committee expected to act on workers' comp bills
- More work needed to boost state's educational achievement
- Transportation bill approved
- Status report of legislation CBIA is monitoring (PDF file)
- Or check bills by topic online:
March 31, 2006
- Judiciary Committee stops 'captive audience' bill
- Finance Committee bill weakens R&D in state
- Positive, negative changes made to state’s business liability law
- New energy program helps businesses conserve, reduce costs
- Status Report of legislation CBIA is monitoring (PDF file)
March 17, 2006
- Commerce Committee scores for economy, business climate
- Assembly has opportunity to improve state’s economy, if …
- Assembly still considering harmful workers' comp bills
- Price tag too steep for 'pay or play' tax
- Ergonomics bill misguided, costly
- Number, cost of health care mandates could rise again
- Anti-privatization bill vetoed
March 10, 2006
- Property tax bill will help state’s manufacturers, economy
- Connecticut needs transportation upgrade
- Assembly faces choice in health care proposals
- Bills quash workplace communications, workers’ comp reforms
- State, utilities OK new electricity pricing system
- Business leaders refute ‘captive audience,’ other harmful bills
March 3, 2006
- Forum on transportation plan
- Tax bill to help manufacturers
- Assembly leaders agree: Urgent need to help state’s economy
- Anti-privatization bill approved by Assembly
- Workers’ comp reforms under fire
- House Minority Leader to retire
Feb. 24, 2006
- Anti-business proposals getting Labor Committee push
- New energy ratepayer fund is costly, unnecessary
- Legislation would cap excessive DEP permit fee increases
- Treading water on health care costs
- Proposals to help state grow economy
- Assembly leaders, budget director to speak at Business Day on Wednesday, March 1
- Heard at Legislative Breakfast Meetings this week
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