Connecticut

The University of Connecticut plans to issue $200 million of general obligation debt-service commitment Series 2011A new-money bonds, and $20 million of Series A refunding bonds, beginning with a two-day retail period that commences Friday.

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority closed two bond sales on Nov. 3, and was able to make a third through a complicated maneuver.

When Jackson Laboratory of Bar Harbor, Maine, scuttled plans to establish a research facility in Florida, several other states came banging at the door of the genetics research company. Connecticut won out.

State Treasurer Denise Nappier has been inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame.

The Connecticut Bond Commission voted 8 to 2 to spend $800,000 for a new electronic-vote tally board for its House of Representatives, over the objections of the two Republicans on the commission.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy was scheduled late Thursday to sign a jobs bill that called for nearly $1 billion of bonds, including a controversial $291 million to help genetics research concern Jackson Laboratory build a $1.1 billion center at the University of Connecticut Health Center.

Connecticut’s treasurer called the state’s $900,000 settlement with the three rating agencies a major step forward.

Connecticut will receive a credit of about $900,000 from the three major rating agencies as part of a settlement from a lawsuit it initiated, accusing the three of unfairly lowering ratings.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy announced the award of $5 million to 11 cities, towns, and regional planning organizations for transit-oriented development aimed at improving links between communities and their transportation infrastructure.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy will host an economic summit on Thursday with an eye toward legislative proposals for a special session of the General Assembly on Oct. 26.

Standard & Poor’s affirmed its AAA long-term rating on Yale University revenue bonds issued through the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, as well as the AAA long-term rating and A-1-plus short-term rating on various long- and short-term debt issued by and for the university.

The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority plans to sell $260 million of fixed-rate, tax-exempt Series A revenue bonds for Hartford HealthCare Corp. on Thursday, following a one-day retail order period.

Gov. Dannel Malloy has appointed four people to the nascent Connecticut Airport Authority and named Mary Ellen Jones of Glastonbury as the board’s chairwoman.

Fairfield, Conn., is targeting an Oct. 31 opening for its third Metro-North Railroad train station after the town passed a $7.5 million bond authorization to cover the costs of the long-delayed Fairfield Metro project marked by cost overruns.

Gov. Dannel Malloy released a list of $135 million in additional cuts across Connecticut government, after already having reached a $1.6 billion labor agreement that closed the state’s budget gap for fiscal 2012.

Gov. Dannel Malloy has announced the members of a new task force that will review the effectiveness of Connecticut’s education cost-sharing grants and how it relates to state constitutional requirements.

The Connecticut State Bond Commission approved $3 million of repairs for the Hartford-to-East Hartford railroad bridge. The funding was part of a state infrastructure improvement package aimed at school and transportation projects.

A bonding authority that oversees Connecticut's six state-owned airports, including the flagship Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, is up and running.

Moody's Investors Service has revised New Haven's outlook to negative as it prepares to sell $44.5 million of Series 2011B general obligation bonds on Wednesday.

Connecticut plans to eliminate 6,560 positions to fill a $1.6 billion budget gap and bring its two-year, $40.5 billion budget into balance, Gov. Dannel Malloy announced.