Connecticut Labor Markets

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Gov. Mike Pence used his first State of the State address Tuesday night to lobby for a personal income tax cut, an expansion of Indiana's school voucher system and improved vocational training. The new Republican governor highlighted...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, minorities make up a majority of babies in the U.S., part of a sweeping race change and a growing age divide between mostly white, older Americans and predominantly minority youths that could reshape...

State Sen. Cathy Osten and State Reps. Toni Walker and Mae Flexer claim that Connecticut businesses could offset a nearly 20 percent hike in the minimum wage with a two-tenths of 1 percent price increase [May 19, op-ed, "Connecticut's Women Deserve...

More than 150 high school seniors and community college students attended the "Ready for Hire" job fair at MxCC on May 17, and were given the chance to learn more about part-time and full-time job opportunities by local employers. The job fair was co-...

For nearly 6,900 students who graduated Sunday at colleges around the state, the natural question is: What's next? Happily, this year's graduates have more reason to be optimistic than those who graduated two or three years ago, although the market...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics summed up all the state jobs reports Friday, and it shows Connecticut was one of only nine states that added enough jobs in April that the agency's economists are confident the growth is more than just noise in the data....

The Energy Systems Sales and Training (ESST) division of IMTI, The Industrial Management and Training Institute, in partnership with Motech Industries, Inc. and Motech Inverters of Taiwan, will install a 45kw Solar Photovoltaic System on the roof of the...

(Adds paragraphs at end on next week's data) * Early May U.S. consumer sentiment highest in almost six years * April leading indicators point to growth * Treasuries could stay range bound in coming sessions By Ellen Freilich NEW YORK, May 17...

Connecticut's employers hired briskly in April, as both private companies and government employers added positions, for a combined total of 6,300 new jobs. The report released Thursday by the state Department of Labor was encouraging, said economist...

(In 22nd paragraph, corrects to show that Johnson, Saban are top McAuliffe donors, not that McAuliffe is his own top donor. Removes reference to McAuliffe giving almost $300,000, as that was for a previous fundraising cycle.) By Gary Robertson RICHMOND,...

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - The most nail-biting U.S. governor's race this year is centering on whether a Tea Party Republican can win Virginia, the southern state that has twice backed Democratic President Barack Obama. So far, the answer is: maybe....

May 16 (Reuters) - Personal property tax collections surged for many U.S. states in April, when taxpayers face a mid-month tax filing deadline. But the revenue surge may have more to do an acceleration of income by taxpayers in 2012 to avoid federal tax...