Over three million children – a total of 4.3% of the under-18 population in the United States - had a disability in 2019, according to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The childhood disability rate in the United States was higher in 2019 than in 2008, up 0.4 percentage points. Connecticut was slightly higher.
Read MoreAs Connecticut communities look to rebound from an economy that has, in many ways, slowed for the better part of a year, Julie Nash, Economic Development Director for the city of Milford, is among those looking forward to “seeing what’s coming next and being in the forefront of making those policy decisions.”
Read MoreThe Governor whose business experience was honed at the dawn of the cable television industry has announced his administration’s launch of a year-long process of building a new information technology organization within state government.
Read MoreThe latest state-by-state analysis of where innovation is thriving in the U.S. shows considerable variances among the states. Connecticut ranked just outside the top ten, at number 13.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) has announced the election of 32 of Connecticut’s leading experts in science, engineering, medicine, and technology to membership in the Academy.
Read MoreHealth clubs and athletic facilities in Connecticut would be required to provide and maintain automatic external defibrillators if legislation now being considered at the State Capitol is approved this year.
Read MoreInfrastructure investment if one of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association’s leading legislative priorities for the 2021 state legislative session, highlighting the cost to businesses and residents of roads and bridges in poor condition or a half century old.
Read MoreDespite making up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, women are still vastly underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workforce, the U.S. Census Bureau reported this week. An array of initiatives in Connecticut seek to close the gap.
Read MoreSeven women in the accounting profession are being honored this week by the Connecticut Society of CPA’s (CTCPA), the second year that the organization has shined a spotlight on women making their mark in leadership and management in private firms, large corporations or non-profit organizations in Connecticut.
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