Corporate America and businesses in general have put a much greater focus on leadership diversity in recent years.
While those efforts have yielded mixed results, one industry has seemed to fare better than many others in promoting diversity within its top ranks: higher education.
And it’s a trend that surfaced even before the May 2020 murder by police of George Floyd, which put a spotlight on racial inequities and forced companies and other organizations to take a hard look at their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Norwich ― Nearly three years after he purchased his house at 54 Lambert Drive, Allen Pope was surprised to receive a letter from Norwich Public Utilities for past-due sewer assessment fees, with 18% .
As Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine grinds on, more than 100,000 refugees have arrived in the United States, many of whom are uncertain when, if ever, they’ll be able to return.
While businesses may be motivated by altruism to help displaced Ukrainians, there’s also a strong incentive to hire immigrants who are eager to work – especially as the U.S. faces its own struggle with an ongoing labor shortage.
An East Hartford company that was denied social equity approval for a cultivator license is appealing the state’s decision, making it at least the second prospective company to do so.
The Good THC Company, with a business address of 24 Patricia Drive, East Hartford, is appealing the Social Equity Council’s (SEC) July 12 decision to deny its disproportionately impacted area cultivator social equity status based on application analysis from CohnReznick.
The Hartford Cannabis Company, with a business address of 37 Alden St., filed a petition for administrative appeal in Hartford Superior Court on July 22, alleging the Social Equity Council (SEC) was incorrect in its determination that it did not meet the criteria to qualify as a social equity applicant for a disproportionately impacted area cultivator license. The company’s president and social equity partner is Gloribel Diaz, according to the complaint.