New Haven Register - Funding shortage could stall biofuels research. New Haven Register - Funding shortage could stall biofuels research. Home:News:Business:Business Business Funding shortage could stall biofuels research By Luther Turmelle, North Bureau Chief 11/11/2007 Email to a friendPrinter-friendly Research that could give Connecticut - and perhaps all of New England - a more prominent role in the biofuels industry is quietly going on at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment...

The fiscal news is important, because it will guide how much Albany has to spend next year on tax cuts, school aid and funding for everything from hospitals to parks. Word of the retreat came as the state s budget office Tuesday released a gloomy picture of the government s finances: The budget deficit is expected to be $4. But the limping housing market and declining revenues from Wall Street activities, and the resulting lower bonuses, are mostly to blame for the worsening fiscal scene....

Duncan joined Monsanto Company where he held positions in product development, marketing, government and regulatory affairs; and as both a commercial development and business unit executive. After retirement from Monsanto, Duncan took on the CEO role at Chlorogen, inc. where he raised $10M from a syndicate of venture investors and proceeded to build the company into a highly regarded start-up focused on human therapeutic protein expression and production in tobacco. "I have been involved...

Before the votes, the Ways and Means Committee had stripped a proposed sales tax on repair services for cars, houses and other items out of the tax proposal. Their leaders tried to counter the strong resistance by some members to expanding the sales tax to repairs and parking, in addition to raising the sales tax from 5 percent to 6 percent. A meeting of the full House was delayed several times, as Democratic leaders tried to reach a compromise tax proposal that at least 71 delegates could...

There are four proposals up for discussion this winter that could change who has access to tobacco products and where they can smoke them. At least two legislators want smoke shops and cigar bars to resume selling tobacco products while they serve drinks, including liquor. The catch? At least 60 percent of the businesses' sales would need to be from tobacco products. Smoking discussion to resurface; Four cigarette-related bills before the Legislature this winter - EagleTribune.com, North...

The measure would add $35 billion to the program, financed by raising the federal cigarette tax from 39 cents now to $1 a pack. Elizabeth Dole contends the tobacco tax increase would cost the state nearly $600 million by reducing manufacturing, farm production, tax revenues and the state's Master Agreement share, as well as eliminating 1,800 farm jobs. SCHIP help pays for medical care for children whose families are caught in the gap between earning too much money to qualify for Medicaid...