Newtown High School's wrestling team placed 11th with 43 points in the Saturday, December 30 Danbury Invitational.Hawks Sixth In Simsbury
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A midyear announcement that four-term First Selectman Pat Llodra would not seek a fifth kicked off a long and busy political season culminating in a historic sw...
Newtown High School's wrestling team placed 11th with 43 points in the Saturday, December 30 Danbury Invitational.Hawks Sixth In Simsbury
NHS Tops Bunnell
J...
After discussion by Police Commission members for the past 15 years on the need for a new police station to replace outdated facilities, in 2017 the project fin...
Arlene Grugle of Southbury died peacefully on December 29, surrounded by her family.
Her husband of 63 years, John "Jack"; her daughter, Kathryn Wolf and husban...
Jeremiah Halsey "Jerry" Renjilian, 83, of Newtown, beloved husband of Jean Renjilian, died peacefully December 18, at Filosa in Danbury. He was born in Fairfiel...
Henry "Harry" William Dieck, 90, of Newtown died peacefully December 30 in his home, in the presence of his loving family. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov...
Arlene Grugle of Southbury died peacefully on December 29, surrounded by her family.
Her husband of 63 years, John "Jack"; her daughter, Kathryn Wolf and husban...
To the Editor:
One has to marvel at the misinformation campaign launched against the recently passed Republican tax plan. Connecticut politicians are complainin...
HARTFORD- Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced January 2 that due to the continuing forecast of bitter cold temperatures with negative wind chill factors at time...
As I understand it, they would be allowed to have a single building that is completely residential, as long as they also do commercial somewhere else. Or they could put 160 apartments in a building and a single little office and that office would be “commercial” and qualify. Definitely attend. We are only at this point due to a misleading question on the November ballot.
My comments are apolitical. My point is that CT is not run well, regardless of the name of the party in office. It is underperforming almost all other states in the union with respect to the economy. People are not leaving just to retire. They're leaving to find jobs and that is a major concern for the future of the state.
I reiterate, MA and NY are generally run by Democrats. If CT people are fleeing CT for these states, then it is obvious that being run by Democrats is not the problem.
From the Hartford Business Journal.
The large number of people moving to high-tax states likely indicates people are chasing new job opportunities, among other potential reasons.
However, it should be noted that Connecticut used to be a tax haven back in the 1980s, before the state enacted its income tax, with people and companies moving here from high-tax states like New York.
That competitive advantage has been eroded over the last few decades, making it less painful for tax-conscious citizens to cross the border into a higher-tax state like New York.
Why are the jobs in NY and MA? Look at the profile of existing corporations that are there and the startup environment that those states promote. Why have some major employers left CT?
