Free CT Transit bus service in Connecticut, instituted during the peak of the COVID pandemic, will come to an end on March 31, 2023 unless the state legislature acts to extend it. That is a real possibility now that legislation that is to be considered in the coming weeks by General Assembly’s Transportation Committee.
Read MoreConnecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell, in office for not quite a month, is encouraging Connecticut residents to search CTBigList.com to see if the state is holding any unclaimed money that is just waiting to be returned.
Read MoreWorking your way through school is much more of an uphill climb today than 30 years ago, a look at college tuition and minimum wage employment shows, according to a new report and analysis. Nationwide, on average, today’s students will need to work four times as many hours to meet the cost of tuition.
Read MoreConnecticut, it turns out, is not too shabby a place to retire. A new data analysis finds that there are three metropolitan areas in the land of small cities that hold their own with larger metropolitan areas.
Read MoreCGB Green Liberty Notes LLC, a subsidiary of the Connecticut Green Bank, is launching their fifth Green Liberty offering, a crowdfunding campaign made possible in partnership with Raise Green, an award-winning online marketplace for impact investing.
Read MoreWith just over a month remaining in his four-year term as Connecticut’s State Treasurer, Shawn T. Wooden is once again sharing some good news, driven mainly by an influx of federal money into state coffers spurred by the Congressional response to COVID-19.
Read MoreTwenty-five years ago, the Connecticut state legislature established the Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET) direct-sold college savings plan as a means of helping Connecticut families save funds for future college education costs. Through the years, more than $2.1 billion has been withdrawn from individual CHET accounts to help more than 57,000 students pay for college expenses.
Read MoreConnecticut’s Best Employers, a new data analysis has found, include companies in a range of varying industries, companies headquartered in the state and elsewhere, and even some from the education and government sectors.
Read MoreThe 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the United States in 2022 include 40 in Connecticut; likely businesses that most state residents are completely unfamiliar with. Yet, when Inc. magazine put together it’s highly-noticed annual list, they had each earned a slot, including one to break into the top 100.
Read MoreConnecticut’s private college presidents are among the nation’s most highly paid, according to a recent report published by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Six college presidents at private colleges in the state rank in the top 100, including one in the top 15. Two others are just beyond the top 100. More than 600 private colleges were ranked.
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