Dan HaarColumnist and Associate Editor

Dan Haar is Columnist and Associate Editor at Hearst Connecticut Media, writing about the intersection of business, public policy and politics and how the issues affect the people of Connecticut.

Dan Haar is Columnist and Associate Editor at Hearst Connecticut Media, writing about the intersection of business, public policy and politics and how the issues affect the people of Connecticut.

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Gov. Ned Lamont presented his updated transportation plan at the offices of reSET, a business incubator in Hartford, on Nov. 7. At center is Hilary Gunn, an anti-tolls protester from Greenwich and at right is Sal Luciano, president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, a tolls supporter.

Dan Haar: Why Lamont’s toll plan died despite a clear need

November 13, 2019

Gov. Ned Lamont’s 10-year, $21-billion transportation infrastructure program included 5-percent revenue incentives for towns and cities that host highway tolls, such as this overhead gantry on the Massachusetts Turnpike.

Dan Haar: Here's how much each Lamont toll would cost you

November 11, 2019

At a hearing at the state Department of Banking on Sept. 3, Ross Garber, shown standing, represented 1st Alliance Lending, an East Hartford company fighting a suspension by the department. At right is John DiIorio, the 1st Alliance CEO.

Dan Haar: Foot-dragging and stonewalling by CT banking regulators

November 9, 2019

Gov. Ned Lamont presented his updated transportation plan at the offices of reSET, a business incubator in Hartford, on Nov. 7. At center is Hilary Gunn, an anti-tolls protester from Greenwich and at right is Sal Luciano, president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, a tolls supporter.

Dan Haar: For one CT toll, it’s a New York state of mind

November 7, 2019

Mayor elect Ben Florsheim speaks to a TV reporter at La Boca restaurant in Middletown following the news that he had beat Common Council Minority Leader Sebastian N. Giuliano Tuesday night.

Dan Haar: A muted Trump effect as both parties claim victories in close races

November 6, 2019

Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton signals 10 terms Tuesday night after winning the Danbury mayorial election for the 10th time. Boughton was with supporters at Anthony’s Lake Club in Danbury to watch the returns.

Boughton wins historic 10th term in Danbury

November 5, 2019

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal greets Mayor Joe Ganim a news conference where it was announced that the Bridgeport Housing Authority will re-open the gymnasium at the Trumbull Gardens housing project, in Bridgeport in 2016.

Dan Haar: Strong endorsements for Ganim should not surprise us

November 4, 2019

David Lehman, commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community development, in his office overlooking the Connecticut River in Hartford.

Dan Haar: How Lamont’s business incentives will work

November 1, 2019

David Lehman, left, and David Kooris, commissioner and deputy commissioner of the state Department of Economic and Community Development, presided over a conference on opportunity zones at the Omni Hotel in New Haven Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. The zones offer breaks on capital gains taxes for investors in certain designated areas under the tax reform act of 2017.

Dan Haar: Cities chase ‘opportunity zone’ investors in a high-stakes gold rush

October 30, 2019

Jayne Turner, left, a client at Companions & Homemakers, and Heather Drake, her caregiver, at the agency offices in Farmington, where they discussed a state law that would bar home care agencies from enforcing noncompete agreements.

Dan Haar: Needless government rule causing a stir in home care industry

October 25, 2019

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