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.
Economy
Connecticut entered the COVID-19 pandemic with roughly half the money in its unemployment trust fund needed to withstand a typical recession and subsequently, the state had to borrow $894 million from the federal government in
The City of Hartford’s Court of Common Council voted in March to create a task force to assess the possibility of a universal basic income pilot program for some of its residents. The task force
Connecticut has for many years been labeled the richest state in the nation because of its highest-in-the-nation per capita income, but that may be rapidly changing according to figures from the U.S. Bureau of Economic
The Department of Economic and Community Development, which awards low-interest, forgivable loans and tax credits to businesses, has been all too forgiving and generous, according to a new audit. Loans and tax credits made to
A bill granting up to 30 years of property and sales tax exemptions for data centers in Connecticut passed in the House of Representatives 133-13 under an emergency certification. Although the legislation has been in
Gov. Ned Lamont labeled his proposed budget “Connecticut’s Comeback” and that may be true in regard to Connecticut surviving the fiscal impact of the pandemic better than expected, but, according to the governor’s economic report,
The Connecticut Restaurant Association estimates that as many as 600 restaurants have closed permanently as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent business restrictions but another wave of closures in the leisure and hospitality
Republicans from the House of Representatives held a press conference today outlining a plan for the state to provide relief for bars and restaurants that remain either closed or under strict capacity guidelines due to
Connecticut continued its nearly eight-year streak of losing more residents to other states in 2019, as the state saw a net loss of more than 22,000 residents, the fifth highest number of outmigrants in the