Connecticut’s three Republican candidates for U.S. Senate clashed Tuesday over Donald J. Trump, abortion and the question of electability.
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Posted inPolitics
With July 31 deadline near, state ups child tax rebate outreach; response rate at 57%
With five days left to apply, about 57% of eligible taxpayers have filed for the $250-per-child payment, Gov. Ned Lamont said.
Posted inEconomic Development
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.
Posted inPolitics
Attacks ramp up in CT GOP primary for U.S. Senate. But are voters tuned in?
Leora Levy’s recent attacks on Themis Klarides energized a GOP primary made up of candidates who differ on abortion, guns and Trump.
Posted inEducation
CSCU implements cost-cutting steps, battles dropping enrollment
Some faculty disagree with administrators’ strategy for handling financial problems at the state university system.
Posted inTransportation
CT Transit bus ridership is recovering, in part because of free fares
CT Transit bus ridership is recovering to pre-pandemic levels, and free fares are believed to be a key reason why. But challenges persist.
Posted inPolitics
CT GOP candidates focus on inflation; Democrats urge ‘fiscal restraint’
Monthly inflation updates are gifts to GOP challengers like Bob Stefanowski, whose campaign for governor is tightly focused on inflation.
Posted inMoney
Report: CT never came up with a plan to collect more online sales tax
State auditors say the tax department never fulfilled a 2019 directive to come up with a plan to secure $30 million from online transactions.
Posted inPolitics
DGA super PAC debuts with TV attack on Bob Stefanowski’s record
The Democratic Governors Association is reminding voters that Republican Bob Stefanowski ran a payday loan company barred from Connecticut.
Posted inInvestigations
A West Haven official approved contracts, payments for his family business
Robert Bruneau, a West Haven councilman and fire commissioner, signed off on payments to Bruneau’s Garage, a company owned by his family.
Posted inPolitics
‘Annie’s in Nashville’? Lamont’s ‘offhand comment’ now in Stefanowski ad
Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday he erred last fall when suggesting that his wife preferred investing in Tennessee over Connecticut.
Posted inHealth
A quarter of CT doctors work for big hospitals. Is that good for patients?
As the health care industry becomes more concentrated, private practices struggle to compete with big systems. Instead, they’re joining them.
Posted inEconomic Development
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.
Posted inHealth
CT created a $34M COVID relief fund for essential workers. It remains largely unspent.
The state has awarded just 1.1% of the $34 million budget for the Essential Workers COVID-19 Assistance Program since it launched.
Posted inEconomic Development, Justice
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.