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An art exhibit at Eastern Connecticut State University is work by Ukrainian woman dealing with the reality of life during wartime.

Steven Abrams, owner of Max Downtown, said allowing state employees to work from home is “reprehensible and ridiculous.”

Here’s where you can donate to industry charity drives for Ukraine, including ASI’s fund drive in collaboration with the Red Cross.

Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin’s offer of up to $150,000 in grants to prepare and outfit vacant ground-floor retail spaces for new businesses has drawn dozens of applicants. Eighteen days after the Dec. 2 announcement of the program, 25 property owners had filed applications with the Hartford Chamber of Commerce, with 38 more beginning the process, according to Julio Concepcion, the chamber’s executive director. The city is funding the program with $6 million of its $112 million American Rescue ...

More than 140 Connecticut attractions will participate on June 12 in the 17th annual Connecticut Open House Day, which aims to showcase the state’s diverse cultural and tourist attractions.

Hit dramatically by COVID: Connecticut retailers discuss pandemic struggles with Blumenthal FacebookTwitterEmail Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, held an online forum with the Connecticut Retail Merchants Association on Friday, Feb. 27, 2021 to hear the concerns of retailers around the state.File photo As President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus-relief package advances through Congress, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal heard Friday from Connecticut retailers who spoke of th...

A proposal to issue fines against vacant storefronts in Hartford roiled the business community downtown, prompting the city councilman behind the idea to take it off the table.

Official: Expect $3B+ in CT business aid under newest federal program Alexander Soule FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Gov. Ned Lamont in late November 2020 in Danbury, Conn. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant/TNS)Brad Horrigan / TNSShow MoreShow Less 2of3 State Sen. Joan Hartley, D-Waterbury, left, and State Rep. Caroline Simmons, D-Stamford, in August 2019 in Stamford, Conn.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of3 As Connecticut restaurants and other businesses cash in checks fo...

One Hartford store owner shared an emotional story about how the pandemic has devastated her business and said she was so grateful when she found out she got the grant. A Hartford store owner shared her emotional story of the toll the pandemic has taken on her business as well as downtown Hartford and sheds light on just what help from a grant means. Note: This is sound only. Jody Morneault has a clothing shop in downtown Hartford and said she and her husband have been living on savings ...

Connecticut rolls out 2nd small-business aid program as surging pandemic hammers retailers and restaurants.