Mention “manufacturing” and images from a bygone era, of sprawling brick factories, belching smokestacks, clanking machines, and earnest workers, might come to mind. But manufacturing is more than just a vestige of Connecticut’s economic past. Our new report card of manufacturing activity...

Connecticut is eyeing upgrades to the long-haul passenger rail line running between New Haven and Springfield, MA, that could extend commuter service to central Connecticut. Ideally, better service would shorten the trips to New Haven and Fairfield counties and to New York, reduce congestion on...

Communities in Connecticut and around the nation have long used zoning controls, such as minimum lot sizes, to regulate the pace, mix and location of development. Advocates argue that by promoting the rational, orderly development of real property zoning serves as an important tool in a...