Senate Republican Leader Kevin Kelly, R-Stratford, called on Sen. Richard Blumenthal to urge Democrats in the Connecticut General Assembly to reject the Transportation and Climate Initiative, which would increase the price of gasoline by forcing
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With the passage of President Biden’s infrastructure package, Connecticut will see a projected $5.6 billion come to the state to support bridge and highway construction, railroads and broadband extension, among other projects. That could mean
Connecticut borrowed over $700 million from the federal government to bolster its underfunded Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund after the forced closure of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic put hundreds of thousands of people out of
During a campaign rally on the eve of election day, Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin told supporters in Richmond, “Friends, we don’t want to be Connecticut.” The former CEO of The Carlyle Group spoke
Private-sector employment in Connecticut topped 1.38 million in August, new data show, bringing employment just above January 2011 levels. The figures, released by the state Labor Department, show Connecticut added 6,200 private jobs in August
Save the Sound, one of Connecticut’s environmental advocacy groups pushing hard for the Transportation and Climate Initiative program, is ramping up their lobbying efforts in September, according to filings with the Office of State Ethics.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed on to the Transportation and Climate Initiative program without legislative approval, but he may soon need voter approval if Massachusetts is going to remain in the controversial cap and trade
Connecticut saw a 6.4 percent decline in the number of businesses over the course of a ten-year period during which the nation on average saw a 2.5 percent increase, according to a report by Commercial
Retired Connecticut state employees will see a substantial bump to their pension payments as a result of increasing economic inflation. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Workers and Clerical Workers – known as the
Connecticut’s employment numbers are trailing the rest of the country in all income groups as the state struggles to bounce back from the COVID lockdowns, but the jobs gap remains especially pronounced for low wage