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Business files, May 30, 2021
THOMASTON - Local small businesses and nonprofits have faced many challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These organizations have had to reduce their staff, increasing the remaining workload, while also trying to gain access to the…
Tax professionals attempt to build post-season client pipelines
With the extended tax season behind us and the potential end of the COVID-19 pandemic coming, tax professionals are considering a potential lull in business. What are they currently doing to fill their pipelines? Do they even have to…
ALERT: It’s time to act on unemployment reform
A bill that brings historic, business-friendly reforms to the state's struggling unemployment system needs your help to overcome resistance in the Senate. Despite the unanimous approval of the State House, HB 6633 is in limbo in the…
What Would It Take To Solve The Student Debt Crisis?
The possibility of a forgiveness of federal student loans is making headlines. But experts say no single policy - not even clearing the list of millions of borrowers - addresses the root causes of the country's $ 1.74 trillion student…
Eric Foster asks five questions about business, debt and bankruptcy
Eric Foster is a business attorney and debtor rights attorney at Old Saybrook, who has practiced law for over 28 years. Foster previously worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he focused on…
Berkshire Agricultural Ventures provides more than $ 1 million to support local farms and food…
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (WWLP) - A Great Barrington nonprofit has provided more than $ 1 million in funding to farmers and food producers in Berkshires, Colombia and Dutchess counties in New York, and across Litchfield County,…
Here’s What Rhode Islanders Think About COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates
ICYMI: Rhode Island had as many as 150,648 confirmed cases of coronavirus on Monday, after adding 263 new cases since May 14. The most recent overall daily positive test rate was 1.9% and the first-time positive test rate was 10.5%.…
A state treasurer has convinced the big banks to commit billions of dollars to tackle racial…
In an effort stemming from the murder of George Floyd and at the behest of a Connecticut state official, a who's who of financial institutions on Tuesday pledged to tackle the effects of racial disparities in financial services by…
Report Highlights Difficulties in Child Care Services | Independent from New Haven
More than 20% of Connecticut daycares have closed since the start of the pandemic, leaving an industry struggling to meet increasingly depleted pre-pandemic demand.That's according to a new report titled "The State of Early Years During…
CWWA urges lawmakers to prioritize water infrastructure
May 17, 2021 The Connecticut Water Works Association (CWWA), which represents municipal, regional and private water companies serving Connecticut residents and businesses, is urging lawmakers to include the investment in water…