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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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Dan Haar: Payroll tax reform moving forward for 2020

May 26, 2019

Bridgewater Associates Chairman Ray Dalio speaks during the Economic Summit held for the China Development Forum in Beijing, China. in March. On April 5, Gov. Ned Lamont announced that Dalio and his wife Barbara, of Greenwich, are donating $100 million to support public education and new businesses in some of Connecticut's most disadvantaged communities. Lamont says he prefers this type of philanthropy over a potential 1 percent voluntary tax.

Dan Haar: Voluntary 1 percent tax payment? It could work

May 22, 2019

Gov. Ned Lamont visited Norwalk with Representative Lucy Dathan, D-New Canaan and Representative Chris Perone, D-Norwalk on Monday, May 13, 2019 for a transportation forum.

Dan Haar: Borrowing instead of tolling could cost $35 billion, or nothing

May 21, 2019

U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, left, leads a panel of space program officials from NASA, Canada, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand on Monday at the Hartford Marriott, as part of the first-ever space industries summit organized by the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center.

Dan Haar: Space is the place for first-ever industry summit

May 21, 2019

Rep. Robyn Porter, D-New Haven, applauds during the opening session of the state legislature at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn. on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Porter led the fight for increasing the minimum wage on the House floor.

Dan Haar: A caveat for paid family and medical leave

May 18, 2019

Workers from Edo Construction install a new cement sidewalk on North Street in Milford, Conn. on Tuesday, May 14, 2019.

Dan Haar: Another ho-hum month of job creation for state

May 16, 2019

Ned Lamont in a debate over the proposed Connecticut state budget with Tom Foley Monday 4/4/11at the Yale Law School. Photo by Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register April 4, 2011 ph2289 #2158 Connecticut

Dan Haar: Payroll tax would replace state income tax under radical new plan

May 10, 2019

State Sen. John Fonfara, shown at right with Treasurer Shawn Wooden, left, and Martin Luther King III during the 2018 campaigns, is working with Gov. Ned Lamont and other top legislators on a plan to replace the state income tax with a payroll tax, saving Connecticut residents more than $1 billion.

Dan Haar: Payroll tax would replace state income tax under radical new plan

May 9, 2019

Rep. Vin Candelora, R-North Branford, the deputy House minority leader, continues to fight over the botched election in the 120th House district.

Dan Haar: Candelora’s fight over botched election is bigger than the error

May 8, 2019

AT&T employee Lucia Coelho of Prospect, right, stands with co-workers affected by the planned closure of several local AT&T call centers. (Dave Zajac/Record-Journal via AP)

Dan Haar: Fight over AT&T jobs reflects broad worker anger

May 7, 2019

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