Expansion of Paid Sick Time to More Connecticut Workers Being Considered by Legislature

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Expansion of Paid Sick Time to More Connecticut Workers Being Considered by Legislature

A decade ago, Connecticut became the first state to require certain employers to provide paid sick days. At a public hearing on Thursday, advocates will be urging the state legislature’s Labor Committee to approve legislation that would update and expand that landmark law, to include workers left out when that law was passed. The proposal also responds to the impact of COVID-19 on workers, particularly women and women of color, in the Connecticut workforce.

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Organization Seeks to Serve as Economic Growth Catalyst for Stamford, Southwestern Connecticut

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Organization Seeks to Serve as Economic Growth Catalyst for Stamford, Southwestern Connecticut

Launched last summer in the midst of the pandemic, the nonprofit business development organization Catalyst for Connecticut began with a blunt assessment of it’s Fairfield County-centered region of focus, and now sees post-COVID opportunity for southwestern Connecticut.

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Black-Owned Businesses in Connecticut See Benefits from Rapid Growth of Web Hub

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Black-Owned Businesses in Connecticut See Benefits from Rapid Growth of Web Hub

A free, entirely volunteer-run, not-for-profit website in Connecticut is encouraging consumers to “shop Black” during Black History Month. The site, launched last summer, has experienced rapid seven-fold growth, and now lists nearly 1,300 Black-owned businesses from every county in Connecticut.

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Mayors of West Hartford & Hartford Recognized by Colleagues for Climate Initiatives

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Mayors of West Hartford & Hartford Recognized by Colleagues for Climate Initiatives

The award program demonstrates how cities of all sizes across the country - including recipients West Hartford and Hartford - are dealing with the effects of climate change and the impact mayors are having on protecting the environment for future generations, according to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, which presents the annual recognition.

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Connecticut's Insurance Industry: Dominant and Driving Innovation

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Connecticut's Insurance Industry: Dominant and Driving Innovation

That insurance is a dominant Connecticut industry will come as no surprise to anyone. The industry, a mainstay for more than two centuries, is anything but stagnant. As the CT Insurance Market Brief points out, “A few years ago, insurance companies tended to look at InsurTechs as acompetitive, disruptive threat. Now, they tend to see a growth opportunity.”

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CT Will Be Under the Spotlight for Marijuana Legalization in 2021

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CT Will Be Under the Spotlight for Marijuana Legalization in 2021

Voters in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota approved marijuana legalization ballot initiatives last month. To date, over 36 states have legalized medical marijuana, including Connecticut, and 15 states have now legalized marijuana for adults 21 and over – so-called “recreational” marijuana. Connecticut is not one of them, but there’s a chance that may change next year.

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