Conn. Higher Ed Students, Faculty Give ‘F’ To Republican Budget CSCU Faculty, stafff and students hold a press conference giving “report cards” to lawmakers unable to pass a budget and for sending Malloy a budget that proposes $93 million in…
UConn pushing hard to avoid GOP budget cuts PHOTO | PETER MORENUS, UCONN –PATRICIA DADDONA – Hartford Business Journal – As UConn and Republican leaders do battle over what the university has called “unprecedented” proposed GOP budget cuts to the university,…
Election advocates warn of return to “Corrupticut” –By Ken Dixon – CTPOST– Tuesday, September 19, 2017 HARTFORD — Election and consumer watchdogs on Tuesday blasted the pending Republican budget, and support Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’ promised veto of a provision that would drastically…
Illustration by Alex Nabaum Redoing the Electoral Math I argued that demographics favored the Democrats. I was wrong. –BY JOHN B. JUDIS September 14, 2017 — New Republic– If any force on Earth could be powerful enough to unite the Democratic Party,…
For CT, strides and stumbles in quest to spur bioscience industry By Kyle Constable, CTMirror When The Jackson Laboratory selected Farmington as the site of its new genomic medicine center nearly six years ago, the biomedical research giant believed it…
Labor Unions Are Stepping Up To Fight Deportations Organized labor is finding creative ways to protect immigrant members and families vulnerable in the Trump era. —By Dave Jamieson — Huffington Post– Yahaira Burgos was fearing the worst when her husband,…
Report: CT’s low-income jobs on the rise —PATRICIA DADDONA— Hartford Business Journal– Connecticut’s share of low-income jobs has ticked up by 1.3 percentage points since 2011, according to a report from New Haven-based Connecticut Voices for Children. According to the…
Connecticut Business Taxes Actually Among The Lowest In The Nation Corporations can apply tax credits against a maximum of 50.01 percent of total tax liability, instead of 70 percent.(Courtesy of FOXCT) –BILL CIBES — Op-Ed in Hartford Courant– Report shows…
More CT employees in high-deductible plans and paying more for them — By JOHN STEARNS — Hartford Business Journal — More Connecticut employees were enrolled in high-deductible health health plans through an employer last year, 59.3 percent, versus 50.5 percent in 2015,…
Why This One New Thing Could Help Save the Planet from Climate Chaos The Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act (OFF Act) has a 2035 deadline for moving America to clean energy while emphasizing racial and economic justice….