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'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 the struggles their businesses are still facing nearly a year since the pandemic hit in the state. A...

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 for up to $20,000 from the state, Gov. Ned Lamont’s economic development chief said Tuesday he expec...

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 and credit cards because they don't want to close the store.

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