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The 17% vacancy rate is almost double where it stood two years ago, when 9.4% of jobs were empty.

As a close-in suburb of New Haven, Hamden is known for its relatively affordable homes, miles of shopping plazas and high property taxes. But as a hub of cannabis counterculture? Er, not until recently.

Already reeling from skyrocketing national inflation, Connecticut consumers face a one-two punch beginning July 1 that threatens to make groceries and

The Department of Revenue Services is expected within the next two weeks to announce a major increase in the state’s diesel tax, effective July 1.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin is holding his fire until after the General Assembly acts Wednesday a pair of budgets that deliver most of the tax cuts the freshman Republican governor promised

The majority of middle and high schools across the state already have at least one police officer — formally known as school resource officers.

Already reeling from skyrocketing national inflation, Connecticut consumers face a...

The state Department of Revenue Services is expected within the next two weeks to announce a major increase in the state’s diesel tax, effective July 1 and driven by wholesale fuel prices that have more than doubled over the past year.

"The timing is going to be brutal” when they strike consumers, said University of Connecticut economist Fred V. Carstensen.

Upstream oil and gas companies are making money; a lot of it. Record Q1 2022 results show just how much: earnings, cash generation and shareholder distributions are at levels unimaginable two years ago. High oil and gas prices have breathed life back into the sector, not least in the stock market. Unfortunately, it’s not a ...