Many employees of Walmart and other retail outlets across Connecticut will have to leave their families early to open stores at midnight for the notorious “Black Friday” holiday sales. Others will join a nationwide protest seeking better wages and benefits.
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Visconti convinced he can find the waste in Connecticut’s budget
Gubernatorial hopeful Joe Visconti concedes he doesn’t have a complete blueprint to close the state budget deficit. But the West Hartford Republican, who brings his budget books with him on the campaign trail, insists he will have one before his rivals do.
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GOP gubernatorial contenders want more state worker concessions in 2015
Four of Connecticut’s Republican gubernatorial contenders indicated Wednesday they would ask unionized state employees to grant concessions in 2015 – for the third time in seven years – to help balance the budget.
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Should state offer a retirement savings plan for the private sector?
The partisan debate heated up Thursday at the Capitol over whether state government should administer a retirement savings program for private-sector employees.