Similar proposals have failed for years, but it took the Senate little more than an hour Tuesday to give final passage to a bill legalizing Sunday sales of alcohol in Connecticut.

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Tags: liquor, alcohol, sunday sales, consumers, Paul Doyle, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, John Kissel, Hugh McQuaid, dh

Sen. President Donald Williams said he spoke with the 21 Democratic Senators Tuesday behind closed doors and discovered there isn’t enough support for the proposed two-year, 50 cent minimum wage hike.

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The House spent more than three hours Thursday passing a bill to raise the minimum wage, but with just 12 days left in a busy session it’s still not clear whether the legislation will see a vote in the Senate this year.

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Tags: minimum wage, senate democrats, donald williams, business, Hugh McQuaid, Michael Lee-Murphy, dh

A retirement security economist was advocating a bill Thursday that would create a taskforce to consider establishing a state-run defined benefit plan for private citizens.

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Tags: Pension, state employee, 401k, IRA, defined benefit plan, hugh mcquaid, dh

It didn’t include all the consumer protections Gov. Dannel P. Malloy wanted, but the House passed a bill 116-24 Thursday that makes sweeping changes to Connecticut’s liquor laws.

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Tags: liquor, alcohol, sunday sales, consumers, joseph taborsak, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Kathy Tallarita

One quarter per year. That’s the increase in the minimum wage the House approved 88-62 Thursday afternoon.

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Tags: minimum wage, small business, low wage worker, restaurant, cafero, Ezequiel santiago, anthony d'amelio, john rigby, dh

Shortly before midnight House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero visited House Speaker Chris Donovan and asked if they could postpone a debate on increasing the minimum wage. Donovan, the main proponent of the legislation, agreed.

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(Updated 9:40 a.m. Thursday) As Cigna shareholders held their annual meeting inside Hartford’s Bushnell theater Wednesday afternoon, a coalition of unions and healthcare advocates asked to speak to Cigna CEO David Cordani.

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Tags: Cigna, tax cuts, shareholders, advocates, activists, Bushnell, dh

(Updated 5:15 p.m.) With the unemployment rate dropping for the past eight consecutive months, Connecticut is no longer considered a “high unemployment state.” That’s the good news. The bad news is that for those already receiving unemployment it means their benefits will expire at a much faster rate.

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Tags: unemployment, Glenn Marshall, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, benefits, weeks, dh

Almost four out of every 10 Latinos in Connecticut have felt discriminated against in the workplace. One out of every three Latinos felt discriminated against when they were pulled over by law enforcement. One out of five feel they have been discriminated against when looking for a loan.

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