HARTFORD -- Nearly 100,000 employers in Connecticut are about to get sticker shock as the state mails annual tax bills to pay interest on its $433 million federal loan for unemployment benefits for ...

On June 23, 2025, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont vetoed the state legislature’s latest attempt to provide unemployment compensation benefits to strikers. The vetoed bill, entitled “An Act Concerning ...

Union members and advocates gathered at the State Capitol in Hartford Saturday to bring attention to legislation to pay ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Connecticut rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to ...

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Across Connecticut, the number of people employed or actively searching for a job has dropped in recent months — a possible ...

Asheville, NC, and Saratoga Springs, NY, retain their boomtown status from 2024, but Johnson City, TN, Hickory, NC, ...

E d Hawthorne has been re-elected as the president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO labor federation - an endorsement that he ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Connecticut dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...