HARTFORD — Roughly half the people in a Capitol hearing room raised a hand when Rep. Sean Williams asked how many had contacted their representative or senator about legislation they feared would hurt their ability to hire new employees, or even keep those already on the payroll.
WALLINGFORD — One by one, a half-dozen or so employers sitting around a table here today looked toward a bank of television news cameras and delivered a sobering message that liberal legislators in Hartford just don’t seem to get: More taxes on businesses will bring more job losses. For Republican legislators here, it was [...]
HARTFORD — A roundtable discussion Monday organized by sentate Republicans for small business owners confirmed what Rep. Bill Hamzy has contended for months: Connecticut companies are burdened with taxes and regulations that makes it difficult to survive. About 45 owners and executives from small and medium-sized Connecticut businesses participated in the event, which focused on [...]
Governor M. Jodi Rell was joined today at a press conference by Senators Joseph Lieberman and Christopher Dodd to announce a combined effort with Senators from New York and New Jersey in calling on the Bush Administration to provide job training assistance to workers in the tri-state area.
They requested $48 milion to provide a “coordinated [...]
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