Worker Shortage

Connecticut is experiencing a shortage of health care professionals in the fields of radiology, respiratory care and nuclear medicine. A state task force is studying methods to solve this.

Without enough municipal specialists to go around, towns are struggling to find and keep qualified workers — but fixes are in the works.

A new Connecticut police contract has been approved by the General Assembly’s budget-writing committee. It’s a four-year, rank-and-file agreement.

According to a survey of over 4,000 businesses by the Connecticut Restaurant Association, 43% of restaurant owners said business conditions are worse now than they were three months ago and are having difficulties rebounding from COVID-19.

A report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a 2.5% decline in labor production across Connecticut last spring.

While organized labor had high praise for Democratic Governor Ned Lamont at the opening day of the Connecticut AFL-CIO political convention on Thursday, workers urged him to do more to help fill numerous open positions in state government and across the state.

Hundreds of Long Island residents joined nationwide rallies in support of abortion access. Connecticut business owners struggle to find new employees,…