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    <title><![CDATA[CBIA Inside the Capitol]]></title>
    <link>http://gov.cbia.com</link>
    <description>CBIA Inside the Capitol articles.</description>
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    <dc:creator>info@cbia.com</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2012</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2012-05-15T12:57:44+00:00</dc:date>
    

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      <title><![CDATA[Where&#8217;s the Growth?]]></title>
      <link>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/wheres-the-growth</link>
      <guid>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/wheres-the-growth#When:13:02:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[How is Connecticut&#39;s economy performing? Steady and S-L-O-W, say business owners and executives, responding to CBIA&#39;s latest quarterly economic survey. The First Quarter 2012 Economic Survey found that area executives believe the economy and their own firms have maintained gains seen in the fourth quarter of 2011. &ldquo;While we still&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Economic Development,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-15T13:02:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[NLRB &#8216;Ambush&#8217; Rule Ambushed by Court]]></title>
      <link>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/nlrb-ambush-rule-ambushed-by-court</link>
      <guid>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/nlrb-ambush-rule-ambushed-by-court#When:12:57:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A federal court has thrown out a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule that makes it easier for unions to organize in the workplace. The court said that the NLRB lacked a quorum in voting on its &ldquo;ambush election&rdquo; rule. &nbsp; The rule, which&nbsp;went into effect on April 30,&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Labor,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-15T12:57:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Farewell to the 2012 Session]]></title>
      <link>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/farewell-to-the-2012-session</link>
      <guid>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/farewell-to-the-2012-session#When:18:43:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The 2012 General Assembly gavelled to a close last night, some three long months and change after Governor Dannel Malloy declared education reform the signature issue of the legislative session. Those reforms drew support from a broad array of groups, including the state&#39;s business community, and while the bill&#39;s journey&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Economic Development, Education, State Spending,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-10T18:43:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[This Week at the Capitol]]></title>
      <link>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/this-week-at-the-capitol32</link>
      <guid>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/this-week-at-the-capitol32#When:17:26:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[With just a few days left in the 2012 General Assembly, the session&#39;s signature bill has yet to be debated in either chamber of the state legislature, as&nbsp;CBIA&#39;s Joe Brennan explains. "The Black and Puerto Rican Caucus.came out this week and said they support a strong education reform bill very&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[General,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-04T17:26:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Great Opportunity to Advance Environmental, Economic Goals]]></title>
      <link>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/great-opportunity-to-advance-environmental-economic-goals</link>
      <guid>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/great-opportunity-to-advance-environmental-economic-goals#When:15:35:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Thanks to the continued commitment of the Commerce Committee, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), the Brownfield Working Group and brownfield practitioners within CBIA&rsquo;s Environmental Policies Council, the legislature is in position to further advance the state&#39;s goal of becoming&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Environment,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-03T15:35:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Connecticut&#8217;s Economic Blues]]></title>
      <link>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/connecticuts-economic-blues</link>
      <guid>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/connecticuts-economic-blues#When:15:13:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[How do Connecticut voters feel about the state&#39;s economy? Glum, according to the results of the latest Quinnipiac Poll. Only 19 percent of those surveyed described the state&#39;s economy as good, while 79 percent said it was poor or "not so good." That&#39;s a sentiment that hasn&#39;t changed much in&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Economic Development,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-25T15:13:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Senate Rejects Effort to Stop NLRB &#8216;Ambush Elections&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/u.s.-senate-to-vote-to-nlrb-reverse-ambush-elections</link>
      <guid>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/u.s.-senate-to-vote-to-nlrb-reverse-ambush-elections#When:12:29:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate has rejected an effort to reverse the National Labor Relation&rsquo;s pro-union &ldquo;ambush election&rdquo; rule. The 54-45 vote against S.J.Resolution 36 was mostly along party lines, with Republicans supporting the effort and Democrats rejecting it. [PHOTO: In a Senate debate this morning, Sen. Michael Enzi (R-Wyoming) details why&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Labor,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-23T12:29:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[This Week at the Capitol]]></title>
      <link>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/this-week-at-the-capitol30</link>
      <guid>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/this-week-at-the-capitol30#When:18:14:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[With the General Assembly&#39;s May 9 deadline fast approaching, legislators are dealing with a packed agenda says CBIA&#39;s Bonnie Stewart. Education reform is one of two main issues for the business community at present, with reform supporters pushing for Governor Dannel Malloy&#39;s original proposals. "There&#39;s a lot of misinformation out&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-20T18:14:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jobs: The Long Road Back]]></title>
      <link>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/jobs-the-long-road-back</link>
      <guid>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/jobs-the-long-road-back#When:18:25:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Today&#39;s release of Connecticut&#39;s March jobs numbers reinforced not only the tenuous nature of the state&#39;s economic recovery, it also provided a clear reminder of how far we have to go. After two successive months of growth, &nbsp;Connecticut lost 2,700 jobs in March. The state Department of Labor did revise&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Economic Development,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-19T18:25:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Court Blocks NLRB Poster Mandate]]></title>
      <link>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/court-blocks-nlrb-poster-mandate</link>
      <guid>http://gov.cbia.com/inside_the_capitol/article/court-blocks-nlrb-poster-mandate#When:12:29:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a pro-union poster mandate from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).&nbsp; The rule requiring most private employers to display the posters informing workers of their right to form a union was supposed to take effect April 30, but the U.S. Court of Appeals&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Labor,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-18T12:29:59+00:00</dc:date>
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