The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College issued a report on the pandemic’s effect on state and municipal pension systems and listed Connecticut’s State Employee Retirement System as one of the ten worst-funded pension […]
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President Carol Liebau’s op-ed was published in The Hill. May 25, 2020.
Staggering employment numbers released by the Connecticut Department of Labor show that during the month of April, Connecticut lost twice as many jobs as it created in 10 years, putting the state back on its […]
The newly-formed Council of Non-Essential Businesses have filed a Freedom of Information request for all documents related to the Reopen Connecticut Advisory Group, a panel put together by Gov. Ned Lamont to help advise the […]
“Raising taxes in response to this economic downturn ignores twelve years of Connecticut’s economic and fiscal history – and will only chop any chance of recovery off at the knees. Connecticut now has an opportunity […]
Connecticut union activists are planning a drive-by rally outside the homes of Connecticut’s wealthiest individuals in Greenwich on Thursday, May 21, calling for increasing taxes on the rich to plug an estimated $7 billion budget […]
More than 1,300 restaurants have self-certified to open to outdoor dining on May 20 when Gov. Ned Lamont is rolling back the closure of restaurants to the public that have left those businesses struggling and […]
Connecticut spent more money per public-school student in 2018 than nearly every other state in the country, according to newly-released data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Connecticut spent $20,635 per student, with only New York […]
An error by the Connecticut Department of Labor resulted in the U.S. Department of Labor reporting Connecticut had a massive surge of 298,680 initial unemployment claims for the week ending May 9 – more than […]
The state Department of Economic and Community Development released industry specific sector guidelines for businesses that will be permitted to reopen on May 20, the date of the first of four phases of the reopening. […]
