4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (626+ words) Gov. Ned Lamont and his Republican challenger, state Sen. Ryan Fazio of Greenwich, practiced campaign talking points on electric costs Tuesday while seated together at a meeting of the state Bond Commission and then in back-to-back press conferences in the…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (832+ words) U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes says Democrats must deliver on labor promises if they regain the House. A fiery U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-5th District, was introduced by the president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO at a Labor Day kickoff breakfast Friday as “the future…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (745+ words) Connecticut’s top utility regulator recently sent a letter warning cable provider Optimum that it may have violated state law by not notifying the agency about job cuts to its in-house cable news channel, News 12. It’s unclear what penalties, if any,…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (373+ words) Connecticut has among the highest rates of union membership in the nation. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Connecticut and Rhode Island tied for the fifth-highest percentage of unionized workers last year — behind only New York, Washington,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (488+ words) Despite the claim made by former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin’s congressional campaign that he had “straightened out” the city, his successor, Arunan Arulampalam, has found himself with a lot more straightening out to do. Hartford’s financial condition remains dire even…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (562+ words) Connecticut’s minimum wage will rise from $16.94 to $17.48 an hour on Jan. 1. The increase will occur without lawmakers voting on it, debating its economic consequences or examining whether previous increases improved the financial condition of low-income families. That’s because a 2019 state…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (267+ words) Connecticut businesses face higher power costs as AI and manufacturing drive demand and policymakers debate the grid’s future. Business leaders, utility executives and policymakers gathered Tuesday at the Society Room in Hartford for the Hartford Business Journal’s second annual energy…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (255+ words) CFGNB will host Roadmap to Wellbeing: Strategies for Health & Success on Friday, September 18, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Klingberg Family Centers in New Britain. The free, full-day capacity-building workshop is open to staff of nonprofit organizations serving Berlin, New Britain, Plainville, and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1771+ words) Ryan Fazio, a Republican from Greenwich, ventured north on a late-summer Sunday to pray and campaign at Black churches in Bloomfield, a dauntingly Democratic suburb of Hartford. He sat in seats occupied two Sundays prior by Gov. Ned Lamont, another…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (332+ words) The Connecticut Business & Industry Association designated 54 state lawmakers as “affordability champions” based on their votes or sponsorship of 12 bills during the 2026 legislative session. Lawmakers who received scores of at least 85% earned the affordability champions designation, according to the CBIA. Republicans…...