Erica E. Phillips

Erica E. Phillips writes about how the federal policy changes during President Donald Trump's second term could tangibly impact CT.

The idea was hatched around 2017 when a coalition of early childhood advocates was brainstorming ways to address the capacity crisis

In 2021, the Connecticut General Assembly took a first step, allowing licenses for family child care businesses to operate in non-residential settings.

An innovative business incubator in Connecticut is drawing interest — and imitators — around the state and across the country.

An innovative business incubator in Connecticut is drawing interest – and imitators – around the state and across the country.

Erica E. Phillips writes about workforce training, including an apprenticeship program in Hartford, and overtime pay laws.

An innovative business incubator in Connecticut is drawing interest—and imitators—around the state and across the country.

CT's kelp industry grows the seaweed primarily for food, but farmers say it could have a wide range of applications they're eager to support.

Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror Kelp farmer Jon McGee, of New England Sea Farms in Guilford, and Southern CT State University professor Emma Cross fasten a water testing probe to a buoy on McGee's farm in the Long Island Sound on Nov. 20, 2024.

Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror A bill proposing to end Connecticut's film tax credit program has received support across the ideological and political spectrum, but companies and workers in the industry turned out en masse to oppose it.