3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (296+ words) Ryan Fitzgibbons admitted stealing from two Connecticut nonprofits, including a Windham shelter where he was executive director. A Killingly man who once led a Windham homeless shelter has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $775,000 from two Connecticut nonprofits, including one…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (296+ words) Trinity College will cover full tuition, housing and meals for admitted students who live in Hartford under a new slate of financial aid programs it announced Wednesday. The Hartford liberal arts college also is eliminating its application fee and offering…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (305+ words) Stamford-based cannabis giant Curaleaf Holdings has fired the latest salvo in its hostile takeover fight with Canadian company Aurora Cannabis. Curaleaf announced in August that it intended to acquire Aurora Cannabis for $4 per share, saying the proposal represented a 45% premium…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (559+ words) Rising living and medical costs are squeezing Connecticut households, with potential implications for employers and consumer spending. Half of respondents to a new Connecticut survey said they are worse off financially than they were a year ago, as rising household…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (960+ words) Special education programs face a funding crisis this year that cannot be solved unless Connecticut reforms controversial state budget caps that have diverted billions of dollars to pay down pension debt, Comptroller Sean Scanlon said Tuesday. The state’s chief fiscal…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (425+ words) A private parking lot enforcement company must pay $30,000 and restitution after Connecticut regulators found it operated as an unlicensed collection agency in New Haven. A Colorado company that polices private parking lots is now paying for its own violation of…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (243+ words) Sacred Heart University has launched a bachelor’s degree program in construction management, targeting an industry that continues to demand workers who can oversee increasingly complex projects. The program, housed in the School of Computing & Engineering within the College of Arts…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (308+ words) CT has transferred $1.3B to its pension funds, bringing supplemental contributions over the past seven years above $11B. The state has deposited $1.3 billion in excess revenue into its two major pension funds, marking the seventh consecutive year it has made supplemental contributions…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1271+ words) A pair of West Hartford investor-developers recently paid $3.8 million for a 27,114-square-foot office building less than a mile from the town center. The purchase of the 1966-vintage AAA Club Alliance building at 815 Farmington Ave. is another sign of an unusually…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (488+ words) Despite the claim made by former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin’s congressional campaign that he had “straightened out” the city, his successor, Arunan Arulampalam, has found himself with a lot more straightening out to do. Hartford’s financial condition remains dire even…...