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Citizens Business Conditions Index Shows Slight Dip, But Remains in...
Connecticut's ranking in the Citizens Business Conditions Index, which measures lending and business applications for all sorts of industries, dropped slightly between the third and fourth quarter of...
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Lamont Receives Lukewarm Response To Licensing Fee Elimination
Gov. Ned Lamont announced today his intention to recommend the elimination of licensure application fees for certain essential fields, as part of the fiscal year 2025 budget adjustment proposal.
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Senate Democrats Call For Expanding Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave Law
HARTFORD, CT – Senate Democrats are once again hoping to expand the state's paid sick leave program to cover more workers during the upcoming legislative session.
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Lamont Celebrates Expansion of Global Atlantic Financial Group In Downtown...
Gov. Ned Lamont joined fellow politicians and corporate partners in christening more business expansion Wednesday in downtown Hartford and hailed young people in the state for “bringing the city back...
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Senate Democrats Pitch Unemployment For Striking Workers Once Again
HARTFORD, CT – Connecticut workers shouldn’t have to choose between better working conditions or putting food on the table, union advocates and legislators said at a news conference Thursday. Sen....
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Formerly Incarcerated, Advocates Call For Expanded Support For Prison...
HARTFORD, CT – Formerly incarcerated people spoke to legislators on Thursday about the need to improve access to higher education for incarcerated people.
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Advocates Push for Livable Wages for Tipped Workers in Connecticut
HARTFORD, CT – Paying tipped workers a livable wage will be a boon for small businesses in Connecticut, legislators and advocates said in a news conference Tuesday morning.
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Report Reveals Challenges Of Reentering Communities After Incarceration
Career Resources, Inc., in partnership with the Correction Department and Judicial Branch, recently released a report and held a panel discussion at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on the...
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CCM, Dalio Education Announce New Commission, Website, More Discussions On...
Advocates for disconnected youth held a news conference Wednesday at the state Capitol to announce the establishment of a 15-member commission that includes 12 municipal leaders from some of the...
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Connecticut’s Job Market Hits 16-Year High
Connecticut's job market hit a 16-year high with 1.7 million payroll jobs, according to the annual benchmark report released Friday by the Connecticut Department of Labor
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Business, Non-Profit Leaders Tell Quiet Corner Legislators What They’re Up...
More than 50 local business and non-profit leaders from northeastern Connecticut attended a legislative breakfast on Friday to not only hear from their elected officials but also to let them know what...
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Courtney Says Japan May Join AUKUS Partnership, Decries Navy’s Shipbuilding Cuts
Brian Scott-Smith speaks exclusively with Congressman Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, about the possibility of Japan joining the AUKUS Trilateral Security Partnership between Australia, the United...
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Bill To Help First-Time Homebuyers Would Also Help Employers Attract, Retain...
HARTFORD, CT – The General Assembly's Banking Committee is considering a bill to allow first-time homebuyers to contribute to a tax-deductible savings account on their way to homeownership. Further,...
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US Navy Christens Latest Nuclear Submarine USS Idaho In Groton
Saturday, March 16, 2024, was a special day for the US Navy and the workers at General Dynamics Electric Boat as the latest Virginia-class fast-attack Submarine was christened at the Groton facility.
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Legislature Considers Ending Film and TV Tax Credit
The debate regarding the effectiveness of Connecticut’s tax credits to attract film and television productions hit the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee on Thursday.
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Expansion Of Paid Sick Leave Advances On Party Line Vote
The Labor and Public Employees Committee voted along party lines Thursday advanced a bill that would expand paid sick leave in the state. Republicans in the legislature remain in opposition. Senate...
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Connecticut Shows Small Increase in Employment: Labor Report
Connecticut added nearly a thousand new jobs in the month of February, but overall unemployment remained slightly higher than the national average. That was the conclusion from the monthly state jobs...
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Advocates, Employers Discuss Childcare Crisis In New London County
GALES FERRY, CT – New London County is the fourth largest of Connecticut’s eight counties but has the smallest population with just under 270,000 residents. But according to The Connecticut Project's...
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Live Panel: 119K Commission Gets Underway In New Haven
The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities’ 119K Commission held its first meeting Tuesday at New Haven’s Hillhouse High School to continue the conversation on disconnected youth. Watch it here.
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119K Commission Gets Advice On Helping At-Risk Youth
When the state made public buses free during the pandemic, it was a lifeline for Sean Tomany’s high school students. They could get to school earlier, stay later, participate in extracurriculars, and...
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