Wayne Pesce

As state and federal governments order businesses closed and simultaneously ease regulations to combat the COVID-19 virus, the food and grocery industry is asking the federal government to ease business restrictions to help get more products into stores, according to an email from the CT Food Association. The twelve requests ...

Early in the legislative session, word spread that the Gov. Ned Lamont administration was considering a possible sales tax for grocery items. The subsequent outcry from groups across the political divide buried the idea, seemingly forever. But, according to House and Senate Republicans, certain groceries are going to be taxed ...