July 20, 2017
DC NEWS JUNKIE | Pratt & Whitney Flying High With New Commercial Engine
by Peter Urban | July 20, 2017 5:30am
WASHINGTON — Pratt & Whitney President Bob Leduc was all smiles Wednesday standing in front of the company’s future — a shiny new “PurePower Geared Turbofan Engine” or GTF — on display on Capitol Hill. The engine, which took the company 20 years and $10 billion to take from idea to reality, drew a steady stream of sweaty lawmakers and staff into the July heat.
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July 12, 2017
Connecticut Officials Applaud FRA Decision To Scrap Plans For Old Saybrook Route
by Christine Stuart | July 12, 2017 3:53pm
HARTFORD, CT — The Federal Railroad Administration admitted Wednesday there was too much public opposition to its plan to lay new tracks from Old Saybrook to Kenyon, Rhode Island to expand rail service in the Northeast Corridor.
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July 10, 2017
Connecticut Continues Focus On Cybersecurity
by Christine Stuart | July 10, 2017 1:03pm
HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut is taking a leading role in actively fighting back against cybersecurity attacks, according to state officials.
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May 31, 2017
OP-ED | Tolls Are Not Nearly As Simple As You Might Think
by Joseph R. Sculley | May 31, 2017 2:46pm
As the Connecticut General Assembly contemplates instituting tolls on our major highways, policymakers must consider the full story. It’s not nearly as simple as “everyone else has them, so should we” or “put them on the borders so people from other states will pay.”
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January 23, 2017
Murphy Says He’ll Work With Trump to Encourage the Federal Gov’t to Buy American
by Jack Kramer | January 23, 2017 5:08pm
HARTFORD, CT — He grilled President Donald Trump’s nominee for Education Secretary on the issue of guns in schools and said Rex Tillerson’s testimony “confirmed that he is not prepared to be our next secretary of state.” But that’s not stopping U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy from working with the president on an area where they agree.
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December 16, 2016
Connecticut Officials Say Federal Railroad Proposal Is Still D.O.A.
by Christine Stuart | December 16, 2016 4:26pm
HARTFORD, CT — Federal railroad officials endorsed a controversial plan to bring high-speed rail through a historic part of Old Lyme as part of the new Old Saybrook-to-Rhode Island bypass for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. But no one in Connecticut seems to be on board.
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November 28, 2016
Connecticut Senators Offer Caution Over Trump Infrastructure Proposal
by Christine Stuart | November 28, 2016 3:28pm
EAST HARTFORD, CT — U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy expressed cautious optimism Monday about President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to spend $1 trillion on improving America’s roads, bridges, and transportation systems.
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October 20, 2016
Connecticut Faces Third Straight Month of Job Losses, Though Its Unemployment Rate Continues to Fall
by Christine Stuart | October 20, 2016 12:41pm
Connecticut shed 5,200 jobs in September after losing 300 it thought it gained in August, according to the latest estimates from the Connecticut Labor Department.
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September 19, 2016
July Job Gains Turn Into Job Losses
by Christine Stuart | September 19, 2016 12:32pm
Connecticut’s labor market fell off a cliff in July and was unable to make up all of the losses in August, according to the latest numbers released by the Connecticut Department of Labor.
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August 18, 2016
State Reports Growth of 1,700 Jobs in July
by Christine Stuart | August 18, 2016 1:06pm
The Connecticut Labor Department is reporting that the state gained 1,700 jobs in July, which means the Connecticut is about 20,300 jobs away from a full recovery from the Great Recession.
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