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Study: Expansion of Tweed New Haven Airport will have $444M economic impact by 2027

Study: Expansion of Tweed New Haven Airport will have $444M economic impact by 2027

by Joelyn Leon | May 23, 2025 | Uncategorized

A new study commissioned by the Tweed-New Haven Regional Airport Authority projects that the planned expansion of the airport will generate some 2,400 jobs by the end of the decade. The report, prepared by UConn’s Center for Economic Analysis, also forecasts $100...
Study: Expansion of Tweed New Haven Airport will have $444M economic impact by 2027

Hartford, Conn.’s 50-Year-Old XL Center Closes for Latest Renovation, Set to Cost $138M

by Joelyn Leon | May 23, 2025 | Uncategorized

As of May 20, 2025, the XL Center on Trumbull Street in Hartford, Conn., is closed for construction to overhaul the arena — a project more than a decade in the making. That means Hartford’s XL Center will not host any games, concerts or other events this summer....
Study: Expansion of Tweed New Haven Airport will have $444M economic impact by 2027

Worker safety is in jeopardy if we don’t protect NIOSH

by Joelyn Leon | May 23, 2025 | Uncategorized

On April 1, thousands of Health and Human Services workers arrived at work to find their identification badges failed to let them into their jobsite. They were placed on administrative leave with a letter of termination set for June 2. Employees at the National...
Study: Expansion of Tweed New Haven Airport will have $444M economic impact by 2027

Defense Department must resume use of PLAs, judge says

by Joelyn Leon | May 23, 2025 | Uncategorized

Judge Rudolph Contreras ruled in favor of North America’s Building Trades Unions and the Baltimore-D.C. Metro Building and Construction Trades Council on May 16, ordering the DOD to set aside PLA-avoidant guidance, even for projects not related to the plaintiffs....
Study: Expansion of Tweed New Haven Airport will have $444M economic impact by 2027

Southington elementary school expansions and roof improvements to head to referendum

by Joelyn Leon | May 22, 2025 | Uncategorized

The expansion of Kelley and South End elementary schools, along with roof replacements for three other elementary schools are on the horizon once they pass referendum. This project would build a new, slightly larger Kelley with four sections per grade, and includes a...
Study: Expansion of Tweed New Haven Airport will have $444M economic impact by 2027

As Bridgeport smokestack demolitions loom, Soundside organizer has major concerns for music festival

by Joelyn Leon | May 22, 2025 | Uncategorized

As the developer and manager of the city-owned concert amphitheater, Howard Saffan looks forward to the just-announced demolition of the decommissioned power plant and its three smokestacks that loom over the live music venue. But as an organizer behind the fourth...
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