Two committees have approved a measure establishing a trust fund to administer retirement plans for workers who would automatically be enrolled unless they opt out.
Massachusetts Treasurer Steve Grossman has directed the state pension fund to review any investments in gun, ammunition and other companies in response to the killings last week of 20 children and six adults in a Connecticut elementary school.
Connecticut is expanding a $100 million small business jobs program as economic development officials say more than 700 companies are seeking assistance to hold on to jobs and hire more workers.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration announced Thursday that it has organized an outreach effort to help more than 12,000 long-term jobless workers receive an array of social services after losing extended unemployment insurance benefits.
The arrest of a Connecticut CEO accused of hurling a racial insult at an Oscars party has dealt a setback to the signature economic development program of the governor, who was counting on the man's company to help attract business to the state.
Hartford is trying to recapture its status as the nation's insurance capital by drawing in a specialized insurance business that is finding a home elsewhere.
Connecticut labor officials announced Wednesday that work has been halted at a half-dozen construction sites over allegations that companies are misclassifying employees as independent contractors to avoid workers' compensation and other payments.
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