The renovated Peabody Museum reopened Tuesday but the dinosaurs gathered at CBIA.

The Peabody Museum opened Tuesday after a four year renovation. The state’s most prominent dinosaurs were not in New Haven Tuesday morning. Instead, they gathered at the Bushnell for a CBIA legislative forum.

The CBIA event was an all-male affair. The panel of legislative leaders was comprised of only men. The moderator, Chris Davis (who abandoned his 2020 House re-election campaign to spend more time with his family and take a state job) is the business organization’s chief lobbyist. Davis was introduced by State Comptroller Sean Scanlon.

Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas was in the audience with many other women. You can see the back’s of their heads in the photo above.

Governor Ned Lamont and Senator Richard Blumenthal also spoke to the annual gathering. Lamont pleased the audience by pledging to uphold the state’s fiscal guardrails and insist on a sensible budget.

Published March 26, 2024.