HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 18 -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release: Connecticut's mounting job losses raise serious concerns for economic growth prospects, the state's largest business organization said today. The state has lost 4,600 jobs (-0.3%) since January, which CBIA economic adviser Pete Gioia called a "troubling pattern." "The U.S. has added jobs at a 0.7% rate over the same period, while our neighboring states are all seeing positive  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 16 -- The Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, a journal that says it focuses on the initiation, formulation and implementation of health policy and analyzes the relations between government and health, published five research articles on the following topics in its August 1, 2019 edition: * "Getting to the Table": Changing Ideas about Public and Patient Involvement in Canadian Drug Assessment * Ensuring the Future of the Affordable Care Act on the Health   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 18 -- The United Steelworkers issued the following news release: United Steelworkers (USW) District 4 Director Del Vitale, who took office on July 15, today named staff representative David M. Wasiura as the new assistant to the director. Before becoming director on July 15, Vitale served as assistant to his predecessor, John Shinn, who this week left that post to become the union's new International Secretary-Treasurer. District 4 includes Connecticut, Delaware  more