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Back to the Dark Ages? Unions Push Bills to Slow Workplace Technology
For centuries, the period known as the Dark Ages was defined by stagnation — a time when innovation slowed and institutions resisted change. New ideas were often viewed with suspicion, and preserving the status quo took precedence over progress. …
Election-Year Labor Bill Rewrites Rules for Employers,…
The General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee has unveiled a 68-page omnibus proposal…
Connecticut’s Fiscal Guardrails Saved the State. Why…
Connecticut lawmakers are once again eyeing the state’s fiscal guardrails — the bipartisan reforms…
Approved in the Shadows: Connecticut’s Next Electric…
Connecticut residents don’t need to wait for their next utility bill to know electricity is about to…
Unemployment Isn’t Strike Pay — Federal Law Just Made…
Unemployment insurance (UI) was created as a safety net, a temporary support for workers who lose…
The SEBAC ‘Concessions’ Narrative Collapses Under Its Own Accounting
For nearly a decade, Connecticut officials have pointed to the 2017 SEBAC agreement as evidence that fiscal responsibility and political compromise can coexist. The deal, negotiated by the Malloy administration with the State Employees Bargaining…
Short Session, Long Consequences: What Labor’s 2026…
Connecticut lawmakers will return to Hartford on February 4 for the state’s so-called short session…
A $500 Million Temporary Emergency Fund Is Starting to…
Connecticut’s new half-billion-dollar emergency relief fund, passed during the legislature’s…
Housing Advocates Acknowledge New Law Shifts Authority…
When H.B.8002 was passed during November’s special session, Democratic leaders and the bill’s…
Taxpayers Asked to Fund a Hospital Takeover They’re Not…
When Connecticut lawmakers pushed the UConn Health hospital acquisition bill through the November…
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