“We understand that raising thresholds are not good for workers,” said David Roche, president of the building trades council. Some prominent Democrats in state and federal office also spoke out against raising the prevailing wage thresholds. While they did not identify the Democratic governor by name, they did say anyone supporting such a measure would […]
Governor Malloy has made a recommendation to raise the threshold as to when our state’s prevailing wage law is triggered on public works construction projects. Connecticut currently has the second highest thresholds in the country, and the highest in New England. The truth is this proposal won’t in any way alter our state’s budgetary woes. In […]
Unions have fought for years against any changes in the prevailing wage, and Democrats in the House and Senate have backed the unions. This year, the atmosphere has changed because the Senate is currently tied at 17 to 17 with two open seats awaiting special elections. “In states around us, the thresholds are zero,” Pelletier […]
At a meeting with the leaders of several construction and building trade unions, President Trump reiterated on Monday his interest in directing hundreds of billions of dollars to infrastructure investments, some of it from the federal government, union officials said. At the meeting, Mr. McGarvey raised one point of possible discord between the labor leaders […]
The most favored is the NEC proposal to upgrade the rail line that runs through the center of the state, from New Haven to Hartford and then Springfield, Mass. Demographers project that between 2010 and 2040, the population in the Northeast Corridor will grow to 64 million, an increase of roughly 23 percent. Six of […]
On the “to do” list for the 2017 legislative session for Connecticut’s two tribes is the possible approval of a third casino along I-91. On Friday, after a meeting with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy— who has been neutral about the prospects of a third casino off tribal land — the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes […]
The budget — depending on which analyst you believe — is in deficit by $1.3 billion or $1.5 billion and will be a focal point for lawmakers who don’t want to raise taxes or further cut state services. In addition to the budget and labor issues that are likely to consume most of the debate, […]
Senate President Martin Looney, D-New Haven, will undergo kidney transplant surgery today before being able to reach an agreement with Senate Republicans over how the now evenly divided upper chamber is organized. The Senate, which had been held by a 21-15 Democratic majority, will be split 18-18 between the parties when the 2017 session opens. […]
The conventional political wisdom among many at the state Capitol was that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a major cheerleader for Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, would head south to Washington, D.C., to become part of her new administration. But that never worked out for Clinton or Malloy, and now political insiders are wondering whether Malloy will […]
Connecticut added 2,100 jobs in November, and its unemployment rate declined to 4.7 percent, state regulators reported Thursday. The unemployment rate in October was 5.1 percent. November’s declining 4.7 percent jobless rate is now seven-tenths of a point lower than it was a year ago. The construction and mining supersector dropped off sharply, with a […]
