Stephen Singer

The U.S Capitol building is seen on a cold and sunny winter day during the swearing of the 117th Congress.

Chicago business leaders at United, West Monroe Partners, Sidley and Edelman urge Congress to certify Joe Biden’s election

January 5, 2021 at 3:39 p.m.

Several Chicago-based executives, including the executive chairman of United Airlines and the president and CEO of PR giant Edelman, were among about 200 business leaders Monday to call on Congress...

ESPN to cut 500 jobs as COVID-19 causes ‘tremendous disruption’

November 5, 2020 at 7:26 p.m.

ESPN told employees Thursday it is eliminating 500 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, including 300 workers and 200 open positions. The Bristol sports network cited "tremendous disruption" in sports...

Rocky Hill, Ct. - 07/23/2020 - Some of the products available through CTPharma include honey, baking mix, hot chocolate and olive oil. As the list of conditions that can be treated by medical marijuana expanded to include chronic back pain, CTPharma is moving from a 15-thousand square foot facility in Portland to this 216-thousand square-foot facility in Rocky Hill. Photograph by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com

Marijuana growers in Connecticut expand to keep up with patients enduring chronic pain

July 27, 2020 at 8:58 p.m.

Marijuana growers in Connecticut are adding space to boost production and accommodate an expanding market for patients afflicted by chronic pain. CTPharma, a Portland-based biotech company, paid $7.5 million for...

Christopher J. Swift, chief executive officer of The Hartford.

The Hartford cites climate change as it limits insurance coverage of businesses with stake in coal and tar sands

January 3, 2020 at 7:26 p.m.

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., citing rising worries about climate change, is limiting its insurance coverage of companies in the fossil fuel business. The insurer is halting coverage of...

Peter Apicella, a University of Connecticut grad student, works with a cannabis plant in a UConn greenhouse growing THC-free hemp.

Legal in Connecticut, illegal under federal law: Marijuana sellers struggle to do business without a bank

October 16, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

Businesses that grow or sell marijuana in Connecticut and nearly three dozen other states face a problem unknown to other enterprises: functioning without a bank. Cannabis is illegal under federal...

Principal of Connecticut middle school: Student who spat on visitor at African American history museum in Washington acted out of ‘stupidity,’ not racism

October 12, 2019 at 10:07 p.m.

The principal of a Connecticut middle school said Saturday a student who spat on a black visitor to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.,...

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