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Other states woo Maryland's gun manufacturers
As Maryland contemplates passing one of the nation's strictest gun laws, at least seven other states have courted its gun manufacturers, offering tax incentives and open arms elsewhere. The governor of Texas, West Virginia's House speaker and an Illinois...
Tags: Prince George's County, Firearms, Gun Control, Laws, Economy, Business and Finance
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MetLife Moving 2,600 Workers To North Carolina
The Hartford Courant— MetLife will consolidate operations and shift jobs to North Carolina, where it will build two new campuses in a move aimed at saving hundreds of millions of dollars by 2016. An undisclosed number of jobs will be slashed in Bloomfield and other...Tags: Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Insurance, Wake County, Charlotte
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Key Lawmaker Says Requests To Double Size Of Incentives Exempt From Oversight Unlikely To Pass
The Hartford CourantThe co-chairman of the legislature's commerce committee said Wednesday that two requests by the Department of Economic and Community Development to double the size of incentive packages that are exempt from legislative oversight are unlikely to pass. But...Tags: East Hartford, Small Businesses, Business, L. Scott Frantz
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Tourism Panel Tells Businesses: Lobby Lawmakers To Preserve State Marketing Funds
The Hartford CourantLeaders of the state tourism office, a hotel lobbying group and a regional chamber of commerce urged about 50 listeners Wednesday to lobby legislators to preserve tourism marketing funding. Randy Fiveash, who heads the state tourism office, said the...Tags: John McKinney, Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut), Tourism and Leisure, Southbury, Science
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System Of Small Business Centers Launched By State, SBA
The Hartford CourantThe state is relaunching about a dozen small business advisory centers as part of a partnership with the federal government, chambers of commerce and state universities. The state Department of Community and Economic Development and the federal Small...Tags: Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Danbury, Business, Economic Policy
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Catherine R. Kane, government administrator
Catherine R. Kane, a Harford County government administrator who earlier had worked for the Baltimore County Department of Social Services, died Feb. 12 from colon cancer at her Bel Air home. She was 65.
"She really was an important part of Social...Tags: Water Supply, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Harford County, William Donald Schaefer, Baltimore County
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'Still Revolutionary' Tourism Campaign Praised Even As Regional Districts In Peril
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceGov. Dannel P. Malloy's biennial budget proposal would eliminate regional tourism offices at the same time a statewide branding campaign has returned Connecticut to the Northeast's tourism map. Launched last spring, the "Still Revolutionary" campaign...Tags: Elections, Corporate Officers, Tourism and Leisure, Online Advertising, Politics
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Long Hours And Sharp Elbows
Hartford Courant / Fox CTFor much of his life, Dannel Malloy has been an avid fan of hockey and rugby. Both rough-and-tumble sports are highly physical and require quick movements, sharp elbows and fast decisions. A rugby player for 22 years, Malloy finally quit when his...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Economy, Business and Finance, Afghanistan, State Budgets, U.S. House of Representatives
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U.S. state and territory travel offices
States and many U.S. territories have tourism offices to help visitors. When requesting travel literature, be as specific as possible. Alabama: Alabama Tourism Department, 401 Adams Ave., Suite 126, P.O. Box 4927, Montgomery, AL 36103; (800) 252-2262 or...Tags: Hampshire, Concord (Staten Island, New York), Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Tourism and Leisure, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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Secrecy On XL Center, Rentschler Plans Isn't Helping Matters
The Hartford Courant— The lack of substantive public debate on the future of two of the state's most public structures worries me. In fact, it bothers the hell out of me. There I said it. After two months of entertaining secret bids, the Capital Region...Tags: New York Islanders, National Hockey League, Howard Baldwin, Big Ten Conference, Government
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A New Look At CT Poverty
The Hartford CourantIf someone told you the total number of Connecticut residents living under the poverty line rose by 21 percent between 1990 and 2010, and that Hartford was by far the poorest city in the state, you'd figure the capital city led the way in the growth of...Tags: Newington, West Hartford, Social Issues, East Hartford, Poverty
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Malloy Assesses Road Ahead After Newtown, State Struggles
State officials know they must respond to the Newtown massacre and do whatever can be done to prevent another seriously disturbed gunman from slaughtering innocent people. It has to be a top priority. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made that clear in his State...
Tags: Gun Control, Economic Policy, Conservation, Global Change, Ecosystems
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Feb 22, 2013
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Jan 17, 2013
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Feb 17, 2013
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Feb 3, 2013
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Jan 25, 2013
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Jan 9, 2013
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