Lawmakers and others considering an expanded government role in health insurance will soon learn whether Connecticut’s powerful insurance industry still packs a punch in the General Assembly.
The state Bond Commission awarded the town of Rocky Hill $500,000 to help revitalize the former Ames headquarters site and transform it into what town officials hope becomes a town center village with a mix of housing and shops.
Rocky Hill officials are betting that a $500,000 grant from the state bond commission will jump-start the redevelopment of a long-vacant building at the heart of the town.
The Rocky Hill grant is one of a series of proposals under the heading of “urban development projects” scheduled to be considered by the state Bond Commission on Friday. The grant would go to the town to help pay the estimated $1.2 million it will cost to demolish the former Ames corporate offices on Main Street and Silas Deane Highway.
The town has a developer under contract to build on the site, which has been approved for a mixed-use project including apartments, according to State Rep. Kerry Wood (D-Rocky Hill). However the deal is in its early stages and has yet to be finalized or officially announced, she said.
April 11, 2021
Joe Musgrove came into the season viewed by many as a breakout candidate, and it’s easy to see why. The 28-year-old Pirate-turned-Padre possesses plus stuff, and the change of scenery from Pittsburgh to his hometown of San Diego, no less portends more success…. particularly in the won-loss column. Musgrove went a paltry 1-5 with the N.L. Central cellar-dwellers in 2020, while his new club is poised to win, per our projections, 94 games in the current campaign.
By and large, the breakout has already happened, and not solely because the 6-foot-5, 235-pound right-hander hurled the year’s first no-hitter on Friday night. His 2020 peripherals were those of a pitcher who’d turned the corner. With the caveat that it was a pandemic-shortened season, Mugrove set career-bests in ERA, FIP, and strikeout rate, and more importantly, he did so with improved pitch profiles. Per StatCast, the spin and movement of his offerings were better than they’d ever been.
Hard to overstate its significance : Uncertainty around The Hartford s future attracts legislators attention
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Seen from Bushnell Park is, at center, The Hartford’s headquarters building at One Hartford Plaza in Hartford, Conn.File photo
HARTFORD Insurance giant The Hartford has rejected an approximately $23 billion acquisition offer. Whether it would turn down future bids is unclear.
The Hartford’s refusal last month of the proposed combination with insurance multinational Chubb Ltd., has cast doubt on the future of one of the pillars of the state’s insurance sector. The company has remained tight-lipped about its long-term plans, while a prospective deal has sparked scrutiny from state legislators concerned about the impact on a Fortune 500 firm that ranks as of the state’s largest corporate employers.