Connecticut’s advanced manufacturers need more workers as they expand. Training programs are available, but Gen Z is hesitant.
Economic Development
Stories about business growth in Connecticut across industries including health care, child care, manufacturing and film.
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CT lags national trend in pandemic job recovery
Nationwide, July marked the full recovery of all jobs lost during the pandemic, nearly 2 1/2 years after it began. CT isn’t there yet.
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CT launches $70 million accelerated workforce training program
The CareerConneCT program will offer training for jobs in manufacturing, health care, IT and other fields as well as support services.
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CT workforce office wins $24 million American Rescue Plan grant
CT’s Office of Workforce Strategy will put the funds toward training 2,000 people for jobs in health care, IT, manufacturing and biomedicine.
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CT loan program aimed at woman- and minority-owned businesses
The CT Small Business Boost Fund will offer loans of up to $500,000 to businesses and nonprofits in underserved communities.
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Johnson Memorial Hospital seeks to close labor and delivery unit
The Trinity Health-owned hospital in Stafford joins several other rural CT hospitals in seeking to cut back on maternity and other services.
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Report: Thousands fewer CT children in child care since COVID
A new report estimates that child care centers in Connecticut are serving 24,000 fewer children than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As CT leaders woo companies, ‘social capital’ increasingly playing a role
Site selection consultants say a company’s perspectives on environmental, social and governance factor into location decisions.
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Consultant on New London pier project fined $10,000 by state ethics office
Seabury Maritime provided more than $3,000 in gifts to port authority officials and to one of their spouses.
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Can marijuana bring about social equity? In Massachusetts, a case study
Cannabis entrepreneurs, customers and communities are increasingly concerned about equity — whether there really is room for everyone.
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Gov. Lamont taps abortion rights as business recruiting tool for CT
After the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, CT calls on businesses to “relocate to a state that supports the rights of women.”
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Demand for nurses is urgent. CT’s colleges and universities can’t keep up.
CT needs 3,000 new nurses a year, and only 2,000 graduate — and many of them leave the state. Worsening matters is a shortage of instructors.
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CT economic development commissioner calls for cutbacks to film tax credit
DECD’s David Lehman: “Does the cost exceed the benefit here? I think that’s something the General Assembly should explore.”
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Deer Lake: Another round in the battle between conservation and sprawl
Attempts to preserve a Killingworth Boy Scout reservation offer a window into the state’s hit-or-miss pattern of open space conservation.
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Lamont announces $3M ‘Find Your Vibe’ summer tourism campaign
Gov. Ned Lamont hopes it will bolster Connecticut’s tourism sector, which saw a larger drop in employment than most other states at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.