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(Wethersfield, CT) – Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo today released November labor situation data showing that the state’s employers continue to add jobs. Private sector employment is now 93.2% recovered from the pandemic shut down. November gains were posted across eight industry sectors that added a total of 3,330 jobs. The unemployment …
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(Wethersfield, CT) – Connecticut Department of Labor Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo released the September jobs report showing continued economic growth and recovery from the pandemic. State employers added 4,400 jobs last month; August numbers were revised down from 2,900 to 2,400 jobs added. September’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.0% from 4.1%. Due to the progress of …
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Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.7%; State Adds 6,500 Jobs; June Jobs Numbers Revised Up (Wethersfield, CT) – Today, Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo released July labor market data showing strong gains across many sectors of the economy. The unemployment rate, on a downward trajectory for more than a year, dropped another 0.3% to …
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(Wethersfield, CT) – Today, Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo released the April jobs report showing a continued drop in the unemployment rate, down another 0.2% to 4.4%. Employers in the state added an estimated 1,600 jobs. March job number revisions show that 3,700 jobs were added, revised down from the estimated 4,600 reported …
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In the waning days of the 2022 legislative session, which adjourned at midnight Wednesday, lawmakers passed a $24.2 billion adjusted budget-tax package for FY 23, approved raises for themselves, state employees, and Constitutional officers, and bid farewell to numerous legislators who have announced they won’t be returning (the current total estimate is north of 30).  …
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Hopes for a bipartisan, election-year vote on a revenue package dissolved with the unveiling of the proposal in the Finance Committee Wednesday, with Republicans and a handful of Democrats voicing concern about the state’s revenue cap and the state’s long-term fiscal stability.   Nonetheless the proposal, which includes a new child tax credit and Governor Lamont’s …
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The state House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved a temporary suspension of the state’s 25-cents-per-gallon excise tax on gasoline and a second, one-week sales tax holiday on clothing and footwear under $100.  The legislation also included provisions for suspension of public transit bus fares. The gas tax cut and the transit fare relief are effective …
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Hartford Business Journal: Former House Speaker Aresimowicz returns to state Capitol, lobbying for one of CT’s most influential firms March 14, 2022 Robert Storace https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/former-house-speaker-aresimowicz-returns-to-state-capitol-lobbying-for-one-of-cts-most HBJ PHOTO | STEVE LASCHEVER Gaffney, Bennett and Associates Inc. Managing Partner Jay Malcynsky (left) with the newest recruit to his New Britain-based lobbying firm, former House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, …
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