October 02, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today, joined by veteran advocates, pledged to aid disabled veterans who may be denied property tax exemptions under a non-existent Oct. 1 deadline, and formally called on the federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to correct a damaging computer system problem that may prevent tens of thousands of disabled veterans from obtaining deserved tax benefits.

Hartford, CT - October 1, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor M. Jodi Rell announced today that she has directed the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Policy and Management to help ensure disabled service-connected veterans receive their annual property tax abatement benefits.

Washington, D.C. – September 18, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Congressman Christopher Shays (CT-4) announced today Connecticut would be receiving $6,962,123 in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding

August 20, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced new details of the legislation she will offer Friday to provide winter heating assistance to Connecticut residents, especially middle-income homeowners caught between shocking increases in energy prices and the costs of necessities such as staple foods, gasoline and other everyday needs

August 15, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced a program to help low- and moderate-income residents cut their electricity expenses and build on the state’s commitment to renewable energy.

Governor M. Jodi Rell announced today that she will require an amended provision to Connecticut’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to provide relief for ratepayers when the sale of emission allowances to power generating companies exceeds certain levels.

Governor M. Jodi Rell announced today that the state of Connecticut is adding to its holdings of open space with the purchase of 134 acres of the Bogus Farm property, which is located in Bethel adjacent to the popular Collis B. Huntington State Park

Join us for the first ever Education Conference and Trade Expo on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at the West Hartford Convention Center in Blue Back Square featuring the Connecticut Mandatory Courses taught by Linda St. Peter with a continental breakfast and cocktail reception catered by Grants. There'll also be door prizes, free raffles, networking and more!

HARTFORD, -- Richard Koslik of Springfield Massachusetts, owner of the Ready Company and Custom Fabrications of Bloomfield, has been sentenced to serve nine months in prison for offering and performing home improvement work without being registered with the Department of Consumer Protection, Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr. said today.

CCM applauds the Appropriations Committee for a FY 2008-09 budget that includes $46 million in increases in aid for towns and cities over what had been proposed by Governor Rell in February ($26 million above the previously adopted budget).

Governor M. Jodi Rell announced today enhancements to the CT FAMLIES refinancing program to assist more homeowners caught up in the sub-prime mortgage crisis in Connecticut. The changes to the program will allow more homeowners to participate in the program and provide more direct assistance to Connecticut families facing foreclosure.

Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced “CT FAMLIES” -- a new $50 million refinancing program to address the subprime mortgage crisis in Connecticut.

NORWALK, Conn., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- HEI Hotels & Resorts, a rapidly growing hotel ownership and operating company, today announced that with its recent acquisition of a one-acre land parcel in Bellevue, Wash., the company's development projects now collectively exceed $500 million.

CCM begins airing radio message on Thursday, January 31, calling on the Governor and General Assembly to reopen the second year of the state budget to increase state aid to towns and work together with towns to solve the property tax crisis

HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CBRE Realty Finance, Inc. (NYSE: CBF) today announced that it has amended its existing credit facility with Wachovia Bank N.A., effective as of January 24, 2008.