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The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 787,000, a sign that job losses may have eased slightly but are still running at historically high levels

As small businesses continue to struggle through the pandemic, a new state grant program might bring them some relief. But it falls short of what advocates had hoped for. “I think it is survival mode,” said Bryce Hardy, owner of The Charles in Wethersfield. For most small businesses, it’s been that way for the entire pandemic. The Charles restaurant...

To help some small businesses, the state plans to launch a grant program next week for those with 20 employees or less. But that program is short of what a coalition of Connecticut business associations had hoped for.

The state Department of Labor reports it has now received more than one million applications for unemployment benefits since mid-March.

A local high school is giving students hands-on experience in aerospace and advanced manufacturing. “It’s so much easier to learn in this environment,” said Middletown High School senior Cheyenne Fuoco. For students, it’s a chance to create, to turn plans on paper into a working airplane, and they say what’s happening in their classrooms is giving them a head...

East Hartford Mayor Marcia Leclerc said the cuts involve 454 jobs in Connecticut – 381 at the East Hartford campus.

The possibility that another round of stimulus checks will reach Americans this year seems to be changing by the day. The Economic Policy Institute’s senior economist, Heidi Shierholz, joined us to explain why a stimulus package is so important for the economy as well as for unemployed Americans.

National data shows that 865,000 women left the labor force in September. Why did that happen and what does it mean for women in the workplace?  “You see a lot of those Main Street businesses owned and operated by women. A lot of them owned and operated by women of color,” Fran Pastore, CEO of the Women’s Business Development...

New data shows that the pandemic had a significant impact on women in the workplace as more than 800,000 left the labor force.

Small businesses have struggled mightily during the pandemic. In the series “Rebound,” small business owners documented their struggles during the pandemic. Now, they have come together to discuss what they learned over the past six months.

Lost loved ones, isolation, unemployment: We asked you to share what’s been on your mind since the coronavirus pandemic swept the U.S. this spring and you answered. Courtesy of our friends at NBC CT, this is a timeline of Covid-19 in America, through your eyes and in your own words.

As layoffs continue to put Americans out of work, many are hoping for another round of coronavirus relief. But Seth Harris, the former acting U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Obama, explains why the Supreme Court vacancy and the upcoming presidential election are making the prospects of a deal unlikely.

Massachusetts-based Raytheon Technologies plans to cut 15,000 jobs across their aerospace and corporate organizations, which include Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace, according to the company’s president and CEO. In a from a presentation from Raytheon Technologies at the Morgan Stanley Virtual 8th Annual Laguna Conference, company President and CEO Greg Hayes announced the cuts, saying the pandemic has hurt…

In a from a presentation from Raytheon Technologies at the Morgan Stanley Virtual 8th Annual Laguna Conference, company President and CEO Greg Hayes announced the cuts, saying the pandemic has hurt their commercial aerospace divisions significantly.

Massachusetts-based Raytheon Technologies plans to cut 15,000 jobs across their aerospace and corporate organizations, which include Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace, according to the company’s president and CEO

The U.S. unemployment rate fell sharply in August to 8.4%  from 10.2% even as hiring slowed in August as employers added the fewest jobs since the pandemic began

With less than 24 hours before Governor Ned Lamont’s emergency orders are set to automatically extend for another five months, Democrats have announced a special hearing to review each of the 67 orders signed by the governor since the COVID-19 crisis began in March. Their Republican colleagues have been calling for the meeting since the governor signed the extension on…

MGM Springfield is laying off around 1,000 employees due to ongoing struggles during the coronavirus pandemic. The cuts are affecting MGM International employees across the company and go into effect on August 31. A company spokesperson confirmed about 1,000 employees in Springfield are affected. The affected employees will have extended health benefits through September 30 and remain on a recall…

Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and other segments of the economy rebound from a springtime collapse. The Labor Department reported Thursday that the number of people seeking jobless aid last week dropped by 98,000 from 1.1 million…