WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT) today applauded the West Haven Board of Education and the New Britain Board of Education for their recent decisions to recognize Eid-ul-Fitr (EED-al-FITTER) as an official district-wide holiday in their respective school districts. Eid-ul-Fitr will be observed by both school districts starting in 2025. For this year,   more

MANCHESTER, Connecticut, March 8 -- The Environmental Business Council of New England issued the following news: * * * Promotion announcement for Sudip Bafna, PE, CHMM, a member of the EBC Connecticut Chapter Leadership Team. * * * Civil and environmental engineering firm Fuss & O'Neill is proud to announce the promotion of Sudip Bafna, PE, CHMM to the role of Environment and Facility Services Business Line Leader. Sudip, a Vice President, brings 20 years of experience to the role, the past   more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The National Consumers League issued the following news release: NCL CEO Sally Greenberg recently testified to the members of the Committee on Labor and Public Employees of the Connecticut General Assembly urging the inclusion of ending the subminimum wage for tipped workers in SB 221. In Connecticut, the subminimum wage for tipped workers is currently at $6.38 per hour. The restaurant industry in Connecticut "needs to stop basing its business strategy on a 150-year-old   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The National Community Reinvestment Coalition, an organization that works to uphold fair housing, fair lending and consumer protection laws, issued the following news release: Winners receive a ticket to the 2024 Just Economy Conference in Washington, DC, April 3-4, as well as a two-night stay at the Washington HIlton. Congratulations to Carmen Velez, a Housing Counselor at Neighborhood Housing Services of South Florida in Miami; Joseph Williams, Managing Director at Th  more