UpdatedFri, Apr 16, 2021 at 10:30 am ET
Reply
By Scott Benjamin
DANBURY Patch.com has reported that more than 100 of Connecticut s municipalities had the same mill rate or a lower one in fiscal 2021 than they had in fiscal 2020.
Since late December the federal government has approved more than $2.8 trillion in economic rescue spending, some of which will be going to municipalities and school districts.
Subscribe
Thus, isn t Danbury Republican Mayor Joe Cavo s proposed $267 million budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 – which doesn t have a tax increase – the best option for the Hat City, which has struggled to recover from the pandemic?
Written by BRBC
The Bridgeport Regional Business Council (BRBC) and Fairfield County’s Community Foundation (FCCF), with support from Bank of America, will be co-hosting the virtual series “Breaking Down Connecticut’s Workforce Development Challenges & Opportunities”, kicking off Thursday, April 8 from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
The first event will focus on Career Pathways and feature keynote speaker Kelli-Marie Vallieres, Executive Director of Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development’s Office of Workforce Strategy and Vice President of the Governor’s Workforce Council. A panel discussion will follow with representatives from Career Resources, Connecticut Department of Labor, Housatonic Community College, and The WorkPlace. This event is free, open to the public, and will contain a question and answer portion. Attendees can preregister online at BRBC.org.
Image
Colin Cooper
In 2019, Colin Cooper became Connecticut s inaugural chief manufacturing officer. The former executive chairman of Eastford’s Whitcraft Group has a mandate to coordinate state and private-sector efforts to educate and support the next generation of skilled manufacturers. His work amid the COVID-19 pandemic has included working to match manufacturers willing to produce personal protective equipment with healthcare providers in need of it.
Image
Ari Santiago
Gov. Ned Lamont in July tapped Kelli-Marie Vallieres to lead a new state office dubbed the Connecticut Workforce Unit. Under Vallieres formerly CEO of Sound Manufacturing and Monster Power Equipment in Old Saybrook the group collaborates with the Department of Economic and Community Development and Department of Labor to advise the governor and other state officials on workforce strategies and initiatives.
What do we get for the billions spent on job training? Connecticut wants to know.
Laser cutting at Sound Manufacturing. | photo by: MARK PAZNIOKAS :: CTMIRROR.ORG
Sandra Claxton always worked without a financial cushion. That’s typical for the low-wage workers who perform the vital work of caring for the infirm and elderly as health aides, certified nursing assistants and personal care attendants. Still, her fall into homelessness after the end of her marriage in 2017 was stunning.
Her husband put her out. That’s her phrase. On her own, she could not afford the $400 monthly payment on the Subaru that took her to assignments as a visiting home health aide, a job she had held for seven years. The dominoes fell fast. No car meant no job. No job meant no way to get an apartment.