For the second consecutive year, the Office of the State Comptroller failed to meet the statutory deadline to report on taxpayer savings generated from the 2017 State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC). The 2017 deal,
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This Monday, Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly are expected to vote during a special legislative session on whether to extend the 25-cents per gallon gas tax holiday, which expires Dec. 1. Waived last
State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) members are poised to receive pandemic bonuses worth three times more than those for private sector workers. In this year’s budget, Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly set aside $35
Six Connecticut companies were honored Wednesday for their investments in recruiting, employing and retaining veterans by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Survival Systems USA, Inc., Eversource Energy, Research and Development Solutions, Inc. (RDSI), United
With midterm elections less than a week away, one of the state’s largest teacher’s unions — American Federation of Teachers Connecticut (AFT CT) — is calling in reinforcements to join a “Get Out To Vote”
The cost of diesel has become the top issue of concern for truck drivers and motor carriers according to an October report by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). The Critical Issues in the
Connecticut test scores in reading and mathematics dropped faster than the national average according to a 2022 assessment released by the Nation’s Report Card. Last administered in 2019 prior to the pandemic, fourth- and
The University of Connecticut (UConn) attempted to subcontract non-union custodians at lower costs but failed to negotiate the ability to do so with the union. The UConn Facilities and Operations Department had recently moved two
Connecticut added more government jobs in July according to data released by the state Department of Labor (DOL) Aug. 18. Out of the total 6,500 new jobs, 3,900 (or 60%) were public sector positions, overshadowing
The US economy has officially recovered the private-sector jobs lost at the beginning of the pandemic, but Connecticut’s slow growth means it still has a way to go. June job numbers, released last week by