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Many states offered big relief in early 2020s as ARPA funds cushioned budgets.

Democratic legislators seek borrowing to avoid cuts in core programs.

Democrats say they can find additional money; Republicans say it doesn’t exist.

Non-compete clauses, which can bar an employee from working for a competitor of their employer after leaving their job, have existed in many industries for decades.

Gov. Ned Lamont traveled to New Britain on Wednesday to announce nearly 100 nonprofit mental health service providers across the state will get more than $35 million in state funding.

If legislators want more funds in core programs, they must close holes as well, the Lamont administration said.

Connecticut may soon require nearly all businesses to offer at least 40 hours of paid sick leave each year.

Governor Ned Lamont today announced the launch of Connecticut’s latest tourism campaign for the spring and summer 2024 travel season. The campaign leans into the state’s new brand theme “Make It Here,” aligning the branding and tourism campaigns with this singular tagline and bringing synergy to efforts encouraging consumers to live, work, and play in Connecticut.

Joe Lieberman died Wednesday at 82, reportedly following complications from a fall. He was a Stamford native and centrist Democrat who served four terms in the U.S. Senate and was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000 alongside Al Gore.

Democrats insist they won’t pass a budget that short-changes core programs.

All CT agencies must respond by March 25.

Dozens of film and production industry workers and leaders converged on the Legislative Office Building in Hartford Wednesday to voice their opposition to a bill that would eliminate Connecticut’s film production tax credit.

Funding next year for higher education and social services depends on Gov. Ned Lamont’s answer to how much ARPA money remains.

Leaders say start small, phase in full credit over several years.

More than two-thirds of this batch will go toward infrastructure and transportation projects.

Governor Ned Lamont issued the following statement in response to today’s release of a report containing finalized year-end data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on jobs and employment levels in Connecticut for 2023.

Dubbed “The Green Monster” by opponents, the Environment Committee began collecting public input Friday on an omnibus bill that includes 22 multi-faceted initiatives aimed at tackling the root causes and ramifications of climate change across various sectors.

The Connecticut General Assembly’s General Law Committee held a wide ranging public hearing on Thursday to explore the potential impacts, both good and bad, of artificial intelligence on a host of issues of interest to the state.

Connecticut needs a more equitable tax code and to depend less on property taxes, state lawmakers said at a news conference Wednesday morning at the Legislative Office Building.

The National Pipeline Advisory Group (NPAG) on Thursday opened the response period for its national pipeline survey and its survey for college students, which will shape profession-wide efforts to address the accounting talent shortage.