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Hartford Hospital seeks to expand maternity service to CT Children’s unit
Hartford Hospital has filed an application with the state to determine whether it needs approval to extend its maternity ...
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Erin Stewart’s ‘major announcement:’ She is not a candidate for governor. Yet.
Erin Stewart, the young and often unconventional Republican mayor of New Britain, laid down a marker Tuesday for an expected ...
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Lawmakers call for more than 10x boost to food bank funding in CT
A bipartisan group of Connecticut lawmakers have formed a caucus to address hunger in the state, and the group is proposing legislation that would direct $10 million to support statewide food banks.
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Trump rescinds federal grant pause; CT Democrats are ‘galvanized’
The Trump administration rescinded its memo directing a pause on all federal grants and loans a day after it sparked an outcry about the status of key programs, and Connecticut Democrats vowed to be ...
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Labor Committee raises Scanlon’s bill on wage theft, bills on workplace issues
The state General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee on Tuesday raised and/or drafted several bills, including one proposed by Comptroller Sean Scanlon.  Scanlon’s bill would allow the ...
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Raytheon hopes to wrap up Pratt’s geared turbofan engine repair program in 2026
Pratt & Whitney’s parent company Raytheon says it hopes to be able to wrap up the financial impact of repair issues with the troubled geared turbofan engine in 2026. In 2023, Pratt & Whitney announced ...
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Federal grants paused: CT grapples with effects; threatens lawsuit
The Trump administration’s directive to pause and review trillions of dollars in federal financial assistance faced immediate ...
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Judge orders receiver to take control of major downtown Hartford office building; city’s largest landlord to ‘reevaluate’ priorities
A Hartford Superior Court judge has ordered a receiver to take control of the 293,639-square-foot Metro Center office tower in downtown Hartford amid an ongoing foreclosure action. Last July ...
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Lamont nominates new CT Supreme Court justice, other judges
Gov. Ned Lamont on Monday morning announced that he has nominated more than a dozen jurists to serve as judges in Connecticut courts, including a new member of the state Supreme Court ...
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CT lawmakers propose tax on private college’s endowments
The state has attempted to tax colleges and universities in the past, but the efforts have not been successful, partly due to strong opposition from schools such as Yale University in New Haven ...
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Historic CT manufacturer officially goes private following $3.6B deal
As of Dec. 31, 2023, Barnes Group employed about 6,500 people worldwide. Approximately 25% were in the Asia-Pacific region; 45% in the Europe, Middle East and Africa; and approximately 30% in the ...
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Historic North Haven manufacturer transitions to fourth generation of family leadership
Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, a North Haven-based supplier to the aerospace, automotive and medical industries, has passed to its fourth generation of family leadership. Chris Ulbrich ...