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For some people, a good cigar should be paired with a stiff drink. With smoking banned in bars and restaurants, that social convention is generally reserved for home or some grandfathered clubs.
Members of the Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission met on Wednesday to discuss the operations and structure of that investigatory body, but one issue, in particular, dominated the conversation: the agency’s lack of funding and staff.
Thirteen years after Connecticut required a narrow slice of private-sector employers to offer five paid sick days annually, the House voted 88-61 on Wednesday for legislation that gradually would transform that limited mandate into a nearly universal benefit by Jan. 1, 2027.
House Democrats say they have the votes to pass a paid sick leave expansion bill after negotiating some changes that would phase-in the proposal over several years.
A new version of a major cannabis bill in the General Assembly would allow package stores to sell low-dose THC seltzers, a loophole many operators have already been taking advantage of and was initially targeted for elimination.
What appeared to be merely a formality just got a little more complicated for the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and the city of Hartford.
Erin Howard, who has served as Hartford’s interim planning director for more than a year, will step down from her post on Friday.
The state Appellate Court on Tuesday issued a delinquency order in Aquarion Water Co.’s appeal of a trial court’s decision to uphold a rate cut imposed by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.
Connecticut employers added an estimated 4,900 jobs during the month of March, and the state has now gained 13,300 jobs since the start of the year, according to new data from the Department of Labor.
The state Department of Labor’s economist and director of research, Patrick Flaherty, said the strong jobs report seems to follow the high early-year growth patterns of 2022 and 2023.
Total payroll in March was 1,709,100, up by 18,900 jobs from March 2023. Private sector payroll was 1,475,600, up by 16,400 jobs from March 2023.
Employers added an estimated 5,800 jobs in January, 2,600 jobs in February and 4,900 jobs in March, DOL said.
Shake Shack is set to open its seventh location in Connecticut on Thursday. The restaurant, located at 3329 Berlin Turnpike, Unit 6 in Newington, is the chain’s second location in Hartford County. The Newington Shack will be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
Connecticut was a top 10 destination for remote workers who relocated in 2022, according to a new study. Yardi Kube, a coworking management platform, released the results of its study in February in a report titled, “Remote Workers Leading the Migration Across State Lines.”
Insurer UnitedHealth Group, whose subsidiaries UnitedHealthcare and Optum have a presence in downtown Hartford and other parts of the region, announced that it is offering support for people affected by a cyberattack so widespread that it “could cover a substantial proportion of people in America
A New Haven retail site along the busy Route 80 commercial stretch near the East Haven border has been sold.
Hartford HealthCare announced Tuesday it has opened a new research center focused on the mental health effects of racial discrimination.
Bloomfield-based Kaman Corp., a historic Connecticut manufacturer founded by well-known entrepreneur Charles Kaman in 1945, has officially been acquired and is now a private company.
Senate Democrats said Monday they are narrowing a groundbreaking proposal to set standards for the development and use of artificial intelligence in Connecticut, an effort to address Gov. Ned Lamont’s skepticism over a small state playing an outsized role in shaping technology.
Following a weeklong student hunger strike and dozens of arrests Monday morning that capped a tense weekend between Yale administrators and hundreds of protesters, organizers continued to rally Monday in support of the Palestinian people, a ceasefire in Gaza and the university’s divestment from m
Connecticut has been building its digital infrastructure to get more households online. Those efforts rely on federal funding to help the state address these gaps, particularly in places with limited access to affordable high-speed internet.
The Connecticut General Assembly’s Judiciary Committee today is set to vote on a revised version of a sweeping artificial intelligence regulatory framework bill that state Sen.
The main engineering building on the UConn Storrs campus has been renamed to reflect the state flagship university’s partnership with a major Connecticut industrial company.
State lawmakers are considering a multipart bill that overhauls parts of the state’s gambling regulations.
O. John Maduko was inaugurated as the first president of the newly formed Connecticut State Community College (CT State) last week at the former Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, now known as CT State Housatonic.
Hartford planning officials this week will discuss plans to authorize a pedestrian bridge over Washington Street that would connect a new tower wing of the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center with a new parking garage.
A city property owner is seeking approval from both the New Haven Zoning Board of Appeals and City Plan Commission to build a new multi-unit apartment building in Wooster Square.
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