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On Monday, statewide research group Connecticut Voices for Children dropped an extensive report concluding that “Connecticut’s economy has serious problems.” During the last several years, New Haven and Connecticut have been hit hard financially by the economic shutdown produced by the pandemi...

Are we all living in the same state? Not even halfway through the week, we’ve seen two prominent views of the Connecticut economy and it’s as though we’re on different planets. And both views came from Democrats — one dour (an advocacy group that wants more public spending), the other upbeat...

A new report shows significant racial inequality in pay in Connecticut beyond the disparities that exist nationwide. According to the 2021 State of Working Connecticut report issued by Connecticut Voices for Children, the typical Black worker in the state was paid 68 cents for every dollar a typical...

Connecticut’s economic growth has been below the national average for the last 10 years, according to an analysis by the advocacy group Connecticut Voices for Children. “Since the Great Recession Connecticut’s economy has shrunk overall and underperformed the U.S. economic growth in nearly eve...

The COVID recession hit Connecticut’s economy harder than much of the rest of the United States, and it will take longer for the state to recover, according to a new report from policy think-tank Connecticut Voices for Children. The group’s annual “State of Working Connecticut” report foun...