CONNECTICUT'S BUSINESS NEWS WWW.HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM VOLUME 33 • NUMBER 3 $3.00 FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Growth
Strategy
Here's why Maine-
based BerryDunn
purchased a CT
accounting firm.
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'Existential Threat'
CT officials seek exemption from archaic
federal law to help lower energy prices,
support manufacturing growth.
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Tech & Innovation
With sales pipeline approaching $100M,
Windsor's JT Automation finds growing
demand for laser-welding automation.
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'Toe The Line'
Trump administration's undocumented
workers crackdown raises concerns for
some CT employers.
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Project Catalyst
Portland seeks to ditch reputation as 'drive-
through' community with spurt of new
development.
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PHOTO | CONTRIBUTED
Rep. Manny Sanchez (D-New Britain) co-chairs the state legislature's Labor and Public Employees
Committee, one of the most closely watched committees by businesses and industry groups.
Hard Labor
Democratic co-chairs of
legislature's Labor Committee
defend favoring workers.
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