CT Efforts to Promote Electric Vehicles Ranked 13th in US in New Report
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Lawmakers Consider Requiring Defibrillators at Health Clubs in Connecticut
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Health 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 MoreOrganization Seeks to Serve as Economic Growth Catalyst for Stamford, Southwestern Connecticut
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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.
Read MoreHelping Women Develop Businesses More Important Than Ever During Pandemic
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In a typical year, the Women’s Business Development Council helps between 800 and 1,000 clients. Aswe all know, 2020 was anything but a typical year, and the numbers at WBDC bear that out.
Read MoreNew Law Proposed to Require Disclosure of Salary Range for Vacant Positions
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A proposal being considered this week by the state legislature is described by advocates as “an important step to close the gender wage gap in Connecticut.” If approved, the bill would “require employers to disclose salary ranges for vacant positions and provide comparable pay for comparable work,” updating Connecticut’s pay equity law.
Read MoreInfrastructure Investment High on Business Agenda at State Capitol
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Infrastructure 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 MoreBlack-Owned Businesses in Connecticut See Benefits from Rapid Growth of Web Hub
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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.
Read MoreA Gap Still to be Closed in STEM Fields as Women Seek Opportunities
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Despite 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 MoreRecent Studies May Raise Red Flags in CT Effort To Legalize Marijuana
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Whether recently released studies in the U.S. and Europe will provide sufficient reason to pause as Connecticut edges ever closer to legalizing recreational marijuana during the current session of the state legislature remains an open question.
Read MoreConnecticut’s Rosenworcel, Psaki, Nunez-Smith Reflect Strong State Presence in Biden Administration
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Connecticut connections to the Administration of newly sworn in President Joe Biden continue to make headlines. The latest: Jessica Rosenworcel, Jenn Psaki and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, assuming new roles in the Administration’s first few days.
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