Erica E. Phillips writes about workforce training, including an apprenticeship program in Hartford, and overtime pay laws.
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On Balance: Federal policy, local economy
Erica E. Phillips writes about how the federal policy changes during President Donald Trump’s second term could tangibly impact CT.
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On Balance: Electing America’s CEO
Erica E. Phillips writes about the upcoming U.S. presidential election and developing environmental infrastructure in Connecticut.
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On Balance: Pandemic startups are hanging on
Erica E. Phillips writes about the thousands of Connecticut small businesses that opened during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
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On Balance: Free transit
Erica E. Phillips writes about the economic implications of ‘active transportation,’ like commuting on foot or by bicycle, in CT.
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On Balance: A ‘capital’ idea…
Erica E. Phillips writes about Gov. Ned Lamont’s new CT highway signs touting the state as the ‘capital’ of basketball, pizza and more.
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On Balance: Orientation Week
Erica E. Phillips writes about a professional development course to prepare educators to teach financial literacy and disparities among CT’s food pantries.
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On Balance: What voters care about
Erica E. Phillips writes about the economy as a force driving voter turnout and the recent fluctuations in stock indices.
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On Balance: Buying time
Erica E. Phillips writes about the money and intellectual effort that goes into the Olympics and federal funds for electric heat pumps.
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On Balance: What is a K-shaped economy?
Erica E. Phillips writes about the uneven economic dynamics that followed the 2020 recession and how they are playing out in CT.
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On Balance: Make way for cranes
Erica E. Phillips writes about new regulations for the State Historic Preservation Office and CT Mirror’s interview with Treasurer Erick Russell.
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On Balance: Should it be easy to change jobs?
Erica E. Phillips writes about the labor market, a proposal to limit non-compete clauses, and CT as a movie factory.
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On Balance: Bigger fish in CT
Erica E. Phillips writes about Connecticut’s business climate, the Yale Innovation Summit, and the grocery store cereal aisle.
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On Balance: Financial protections
Erica E. Phillips writes about a Supreme Court case won by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and hunger in Connecticut.
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On Balance: The ARPA deadline looms
Erica E. Phillips writes about CT lawmakers’ wrestling with how to spend pandemic relief money and the effects of affordable housing on economic growth.
