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Opinion: Who are the real moochers?
Sarah Darer Littman is an award-winning columnist and novelist of books for teens. A former securities analyst, she’s now an adjunct in the MFA program at WCSU, and enjoys helping young people discover the power of finding their voice as an instructor at the Writopia Lab. “I began my tenure as a mainstream Republican in…
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Moody’s: GE’s move affects Fairfield less than Connecticut, in terms of economic outlook
HARTFORD, Conn. – Fairfield was at the epicenter of the economic earthquake that hit Connecticut last week when General Electric announced it was moving it headquarters from the suburban town to Boston. To some extent, the dust has now settled over the town of just more than 60,000 residents, and the community is looking to…
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Opinion: GE – what we didn’t hear last week, and should have
State Rep. Gail Lavielle (R-143) represents parts of Norwalk, Westport, and Wilton. We heard a lot about GE last week. But what we didn’t hear was more telling. In Connecticut, we heard much discussion of why GE decided to move, and many opinions about who and what are to blame. None of this was surprising,…
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Opinion: Failed leadership, taxes, contempt, ushered GE out the door
Themis Klarides is the house minority leader and a Republican from Derby. House Speaker Brendan Sharkey recently toured Bristol Hospital alongside the facility’s CEO and proclaimed that he now has a deeper appreciation of all the good work being done by the community-based facility and the challenges that it faces.
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Opinion: Farewell GE – If you need Connecticut, we’ll be in our room eating ice cream
Susan Bigelow is an award-winning columnist and the founder of CTLocalPolitics. She lives in Enfield with her wife and their cats. It happened: General Electric is leaving Fairfield for Boston. The political blame game has already begun, and the economic pain is sure to be sharp. What’s worse, though, is the blow we’ve taken to…
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General Electric announces move to Boston
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – GE had been looking to relocate since this past summer. It has about 800 employees at its Fairfield headquarters. GE officials released a statement this afternoon, saying that they will be moving to the Seaport District of Boston. The company did not provide a specific address but the Boston Globe reported that…
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Malloy touts economic growth, downplays concerns about GE relocation
HARTFORD, Conn. – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Connecticut tends to “beat ourselves up pretty hard” when it comes to the economy and job creation, but “the reality is we’ve moved 20 companies from other states into Connecticut.”
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Opinion: Reasons to worry about Connecticut, reasons to hope
Suzanne Bates is the policy director for the Yankee Institute for Public Policy. She lives in South Windsor with her family. Follow her on Twitter @suzebates. If you could draw Connecticut as a person, she might look like an aging aristocrat, shabby but still trying to look posh in her tatty fur coat and grandmother’s…
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Republicans renew their call for a special session in GE’s backyard
HARTFORD, Conn. – Republican lawmakers continued their campaign Thursday to get Democratic lawmakers or Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to agree to a special session to make changes to the state budget.
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Opinion: GE and the corporate headquarters sweepstakes
Susan Bigelow is an award-winning columnist and the founder of CTLocalPolitics. She lives in Enfield with her wife and their cats. Let the games begin! General Electric is considering offers from other states, including New York, to move its Fairfield headquarters and other jobs out of Connecticut. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he’s been in…
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Malloy confirms state is in talks with GE
HARTFORD, Conn. – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy confirmed Monday that he made a presentation to General Electric Co. officials earlier this month. The company has had its corporate headquarters in Fairfield for 41 years, but was unhappy about some of the changes lawmakers and Malloy made in June to some of state tax policies for…
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State won’t say whether it’s preparing counter-offer for GE
HARTFORD, Conn. – In June when lawmakers passed a state budget that would increase corporate business taxes, General Electric, one of the most vocal critics of the budget deal, announced it was exploring a move to another state.
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Malloy maintains optimism over state budget
HARTFORD, Conn. – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said he didn’t believe the “dust up” over the state budget would impact family-owned jet engine parts manufacturers like Turbine Technologies, but company officials had a different take.
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Malloy open to conversation on business taxes as GE puts one foot out the door
HARTFORD, Conn. – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will sit down later this week with CBIA President and CEO Joe Brennan to discuss the tax package that was approved last week by the General Assembly and then quickly panned by the business community. Malloy Spokesman Devon Puglia confirmed Tuesday that the governor plans a one-on-one meeting…
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BoE to consider NHS headmaster for P-Tech Academy director
NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk High School D-House Headmaster Karen Amaker has been chosen as director for the new Norwalk Early College Academy — the state’s first P-Tech Academy. Amaker has been a Norwalk High headmaster since 2013, according to her resume. Before that, she was a department chairwoman and school counselor at Brien McMahon High…
