State leaders are working to coordinate industrial and academic efforts to adopt AI, big data and robotics. It’s no simple task.
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BEST OF 2022: In eastern CT, Electric Boat military contracts launch economic boom
Submarine work is on the upswing once again, and eastern CT — with 41 towns and a population of roughly 435,000 — is steadying for the boom.
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BEST OF 2022: Manufacturing jobs are available in CT, but young people need to fill them
Lawmakers are making an effort to revive manufacturing after a half-century in decline. But they need a next-generation workforce.
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Manufacturing jobs are available in CT, but young people need to fill them
Lawmakers are making an effort to revive manufacturing after a half-century in decline. But they need a next-generation workforce.
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CT’s traditional economic sectors at major risk as coronavirus spreads
Connecticut’s manufacturing, tourism and hospitality sectors are on the front lines as the coronavirus spreads.
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Best of 2019: Connecticut looks for a future in its manufacturing past
After a quarter century of wrenching change and loss, Connecticut sees manufacturing as an engine for growth.
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Connecticut bets on manufacturing renaissance, but hurdles remain
Connecticut is betting on the state’s manufacturing legacy, but so far employment growth in that sector is lagging behind the national average.
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Connecticut looks for a future in its manufacturing past
After a quarter century of wrenching change and loss, Connecticut sees manufacturing as an engine for growth.
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Connecticut’s Schick razors receive a waiver in tariff war
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration new policy on imported steel and aluminum has prompted dozens of Connecticut companies to ask for an exclusion from new tariffs on these metals, but only one, Schick Manufacturing Inc. of Shelton, has as yet received a waiver. Meanwhile, the European Union has counter-punched and President Donald Trump threatens to escalate the trade war.
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CT lawmakers differ on Trump tariff plan
WASHINGTON — Connecticut lawmakers had different reactions to President Donald Trump’s plan to impose new tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum, ranging from praise to condemnation.
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Murphy says Pentagon not ‘buying American’
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chris Murphy is at war with the Pentagon over what he says is the military’s failure to comply with “Buy American” laws that require the purchase of U.S. made goods – with certain exceptions.
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Feds say CT cities had little economic growth in 2014
WASHINGTON – How healthy is the state’s economy? It’s a tale of two Connecticuts, and the subject of widely different viewpoints. But a recent federal report shows Connecticut’s big cities lag most others in the nation when it comes to economic growth.
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CT unemployment rate ticks up despite November job gains
A gain of 4,600 jobs in November wasn’t enough to stop Connecticut’s unemployment rate from ticking upward slightly in the state’s last report before the New Year. The jobless rate rose from 6.4 to 6.5 percent, the Department of Labor reported Thursday, but the state has gained 25,700 jobs over the last 12 months.
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CT gains jobs in October but unemployment rate remains fixed
Connecticut’s jobless rate remained fixed at 6.4 percent in October, despite the addition of about 3,600 new jobs, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. The agency’s latest report also downgraded job growth estimates it had released two weeks before Election Day.
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Public-sector hiring lowers CT jobless rate to 6.7 percent
Buoyed by a surge of public-sector hiring, Connecticut gained 1,700 jobs in June, dropping its unemployment rate to 6.7 percent, the state Labor Department reported Thursday.