5200 teachers in Connecticut will keep their jobs thanks to $612 million for education from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Federal officials had singled out Connecticut for using the money to shore up holes in its budget instead of investing in schools, prompting state officials to show that they had spent the money [...]
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Jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney is reducing its Connecticut workforce by about nine percent, trasnsferring 1000 jobs to Georgia, Singapore and Japan. The reductions will happen over the next two years and it’s unclear for now how many jobs will move to Georgia and how many will be sent overseas. Although best known for manufacturing [...]
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