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April 19, 2013

Report Details CT’s Fiscal Challenges

by Christine Stuart | April 19, 2013 9:30am

Courtesy of Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis (Click to enlarge) An accountant and an economist tossed cold water on Connecticut’s financial outlook this week when they released a report detailing the “deep fiscal hole” policymakers have dug the state into over the past few decades.

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April 18, 2013

March Unemployment Rate Remains Unchanged

by Christine Stuart | April 18, 2013 12:29pm

Courtesy of the state Labor Department State Labor officials said Connecticut added 2,600 jobs in March, but it wasn’t enough to decrease the unemployment rate which remained unchanged at 8 percent.

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April 9, 2013

On 50th Anniversary, Women Are Reminded They Have A Long Way To Go

by Christine Stuart | April 9, 2013 1:30pm

Christine Stuart photo Tuesday marked the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, but it also was a reminder that little progress has been made.

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April 2, 2013

Regulators Urged Not To Pass Storm Costs Onto CL&P Ratepayers

by Christine Stuart | April 2, 2013 12:00pm

CTNJ file photo Last week, Connecticut Light & Power officials asked regulators to allow them to increase their rates to recover $414 million for five major storms over the last two years, including Tropical Storm Irene and the October 2011 snow storm, which caused power outages that lasted more than a week for some customers and led to widespread criticism of the utility.

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Committee Moves Forward With Ban On Tanning For Minors

by Hugh McQuaid | April 2, 2013 5:30am

Hugh McQuaid photo Despite self-regulating efforts by the indoor tanning industry, the Public Health Committee moved forward Monday with SB 872, legislation banning the use of tanning devices for anyone under the age of 18.

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March 29, 2013

OP-ED | Taking a Stand on Dan Malloy

by Heath W. Fahle | March 29, 2013 9:45pm

Heath W. Fahle A testy exchange with a Fox Business host this week highlighted the ongoing feud between Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and all those who would criticize the economic development strategy he has championed as governor. The spat offers at least two lessons for observers of Connecticut’s political scene.

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March 22, 2013

OP-ED | Legislate Based On Research, Not Hyperbole

by Sarah Darer Littman | March 22, 2013 11:00am

Sarah Darer Littman Earlier this week, Rae Ann Knopf of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform wrote an op-ed opposing raised bill SB 1097, urging Connecticut to “stay strong” in support of the so-called Big Six corporate education reform agenda. Other than a lot of dramatic hyperbole, she neglected to actually say much about what was the matter with the bill.

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March 18, 2013

Food Labeling Draws Crowd & Some Star Power

by Megan Merrigan | March 18, 2013 5:30am

Christine Stuart photo Jerry Greenfield, the “Jerry” in Ben & Jerry’s, hosted an ice cream social at the State Capitol on Friday, but he wasn’t just there to promote his product. Greenfield was here to support a bill that requires foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to be labeled as such.

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March 15, 2013

New Insurance Company, New Labor Numbers

by Christine Stuart | March 15, 2013 6:05pm

Christine Stuart photo Without saying “I told you so,” Gov. Dannel P. Malloy beamed Friday as he basked in the good news brought by a labor report that showed the state actually gained jobs in 2012 after the revised labor numbers were released.

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Unemployment Rate Drops, CT Gains Jobs

by Christine Stuart | March 15, 2013 11:59am

Connecticut’s unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point to 8.1 percent from December to January and is on its way to recovering the jobs it lost during the recession, a Department of Labor researcher said Friday.

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