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How Connecticut became a battleground for earned wage access
Key insights: The number of states with earned wage access legislation doubled in 2025 with six states passing new laws, with particularly tough laws in Connecticut. What's at stake: Earned wage access is budding industry and new state laws will...
Owner: Joseph Meyer
A Hip-Hop video was filmed at a CT City Hall. Why it’s about more than music.
It may have been a first for the Connecticut City Hall. Conscience Castillo, a Hip-Hop artist with 100,000 YouTube subscribers, recently filmed a music video at Hartford City Hall with Peedi Crakk, “known for his collaborations with Jay-Z, the 5x...
Owner: Randall D. Smith & Heath Freeman
Inspire Taps Korean Businessman to Lead Struggling Casino Resort at Incheon International
Posted on: October 20, 2025, 01:03h. Last updated on: October 20, 2025, 01:38h. Inspire Entertainment Resort in South Korea will soon have a new CEO Inspire has underwhelmed compared with its preopening forecasts The casino is located at Seoul’s...
Owner: Warren B. Eugene
Connecticut Department of Banking Issues Consent Order for Alleged Unlicensed Small-Loan Activity
On September 24, the Connecticut Department of Banking entered a consent order with a lender that offered advances based on anticipated personal-injury recoveries. The Department alleged that the company’s products constituted “small loans” under...
Owner: Aviva Cuyler
Opinion: ‘The Whalers Effect’ Part II — the Connecticut Sun belongs in Hartford
Let’s say the quiet part out loud: when it comes to using public funds to subsidize private sports organizations that debate should not be part of this debate of relocating the Connecticut Sun to Hartford. It’s irrelevant. For every economic study...
Owner: Randall D. Smith & Heath Freeman
Local history: Remembering Anthony Haswell and his fight for free speech
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Bennington Banner - Vermont
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Hidden behind a bush and often overlooked by visitors to the Bennington Battle Monument is a small granite marker which commemorates the life of Anthony Haswell. It is a few feet east of the monument and is engraved with the following inscription:...
Owner: Paul Belogour
'Anticipating an uptick': Connecticut fire leaders concerned about 2025 wildfire season
Last year was one of the most destructive wildfire seasons in state history, and the worst in 40 years. HARTFORD, Conn. — In and out, in and out. The office for Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) in Hartford is...
Owner: TEGNA Inc.
‘Massive Legal Siege’ Against Social Media Companies Looms
Thousands of plaintiffs’ complaints, millions of pages of internal documents and transcripts of countless hours of depositions are about to land in U.S. courtrooms, threatening the future of the biggest social media companies. The blizzard of...
Owner: Wells Media Group Employees
Early voting begins in Connecticut on Monday: What you need to know
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News 12 Connecticut
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Early Voting Early voting starts Monday at 10 a.m., two weeks ahead of Election Day. It runs until Nov. 2, two days before Election Day. Most polling places will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There are also four additional hours of voting on...
Owner: Patrick Drahi
GIMPA Law School Secures Full BYU Scholarship for Students
The Law School of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration has announced a major scholarship partnership with Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, positioning Ghanaian law graduates for advanced legal education in the...
Owner: Roger Agambire Agana
A Connecticut way of life disappeared. ‘Overnight, it was done. It was ended.’
Bart Mansi used to haul a thousand pounds of lobster a day. Now he sets out just a couple dozen traps, out of curiosity — or force of habit — and he’s lucky to catch 10 lobsters. “I’ve been doing it all my life. I gotta see for myself,” he said....
Owner: Randall D. Smith & Heath Freeman
A – E | NJBIZ In the Lead 2025: Family-Owned Businesses
Brothers Ifiok Inyang (left) and Monk Inyang (right) launched 1st Street Partnerships in 2023. – PROVIDED BY 1ST STREET PARTNERSHIPS 1st Street Partnerships 1st Street Partnerships is a Newark-based venture founded in 2023 by brothers Monk and...
Owner: Russ Roenick & Ken Firtel
California Expands Pay Equity Protections for Employees and Clarifies Employer Obligations
Our Labor & Employment Group examines how California’s SB 642 sets a new standard for pay transparency and fair compensation. The new law expands the definition of wages, which now includes benefits and non-salary compensation The statute of...
Owner: Aviva Cuyler
Airlines deal with thousands of disruptive, troublesome, and often downright dangerous passengers every year. Here's how they classify them.
Since the pandemic, incidents with unruly passengers on airlines have escalated. There were almost 6,000 reports in 2021, nearly five-times as many as a year earlier, according to data from the Federal Aviation Administration. Over the next three...
Owner: Mathias Döpfner & Friede Springer
Connecticut Among The Best States For Children’s Development
Do you believe that you're raising your children in the right place in the world? If you live in New England you do, according to a new study. SmileHub.org has just released their new study Best States for Children (2025) where they've compared...
Owner: Townsquare Media
CNBC ranks MA as 8th-best state in terms of quality of life in 2025
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South Coast Business Bulletin - Massachusetts
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Massachusetts was named the eighth-best state for quality of life in CNBC's "Top States for Business" study this year. CNBC ranks each U.S. state annually from a business standpoint. The states are given scores in 10 categories: Economy,...
Owner: Gannett Co. Inc.
F – M | NJBIZ In the Lead 2025: Family-Owned Businesses
Julio and Marty Gillis. – PROVIDED BY THE GILLS ORGANIZATION Gillis Organization Gillis Organization runs 15 McDonald’s locations across the state, led by Julio Morgan Gillis, a second-generation McDonald’s operator, and his mother, Marty Gillis....
Owner: Russ Roenick & Ken Firtel
Connecticut Expert Explains the Truth Behind Halloween’s Spookiest Animal Myths
Connecticut Expert Explains the Truth Behind Halloween’s Spookiest Animal Myths The other day my daughter Vida looked up at me and said, “Hey Dad, did you know it’s spooky season?” And just like that, from now until the end of time, that’s what...
Owner: Townsquare Media
N – S | NJBIZ In the Lead 2025: Family-Owned Businesses
NAI James E. Hanson Dating to 1955, NAI James E. Hanson is a leading independent full-service commercial real estate brokerage and property management firm. It serves clients’ needs across sectors and capabilities, including office, industrial and...
Owner: Russ Roenick & Ken Firtel
CT leaders call for tougher sports betting rules amid NBA cheating scandal
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News 12 Connecticut
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The sports betting scandal rocking the National Basketball Association now has Connecticut lawmakers – on both sides of the aisle – calling for new restrictions on the multibillion-dollar industry. BIG MONEY Wagering on your favorite team is...
Owner: Patrick Drahi