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Fred Carstensen
CT made $2.13 million on Alexion despite headquarters leaving New Haven
Wealth a factor to cancer survival, study shows
LMT Online – Advances in early detection and cancer treatments have resulted in a 27 percent decline in cancer deaths in the U.S. in the last 25 years, but those benefits are slow to trickle down to those who are lower on the socioeconomic scale, according to a report by the American Cancer Society.
Is Connecticut’s slowing job growth a sign of something worse?
The Day – A recent report showing the state grew far fewer jobs in 2018 than originally anticipated is only the tip of a more dangerous economic iceberg, one key Connecticut economist warns.
Connecticut Casinos See Ongoing Slot Revenue Decline
Lamont Hints at New Budget Proposal
With Few Options, Lamont Considers Taxing Groceries
The CT Mirror – Gov. Ned Lamont wants to end Connecticut’s cycle of budget deficits, deliver property-tax relief and amass a fiscal bulwark against the next recession. But to do it, he may push wary legislators to extend the sales tax for the first time to groceries, medications and other long-exempt items.
The Millionaire-with-a-suitcase: Man or Myth?
Hartford Business Journal – For Republicans — and many moderate Democrats — income and wealth migration is not only a very real threat, but a problem that’s already upon us as Connecticut increasingly raises taxes to cover surging pension costs.
Report: state climbs a notch in economic performance
My Record Journal – The state’s economy edged up slightly from 40th to 39th place during 2017, but it remains one of the last states still coming out of the great recession, according to the state Department of Labor.
Fairfield County’s growth mirrors Westchester, leaving Conn. to languish, census data shows
CT Post– Southwest Connecticut has long been considered more a part of New York than New England, but recently released U.S. Census Bureau figures show that Fairfield County closely mirrors a booming suburb of New York City, bucking downward population trends in nearly all other counties in the Nutmeg State.