Stephen Busemeyer
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Connecticut's GDP Growing: Interactive Map
Connecticut's economy grew by an estimated 4.8 percent in the second quarter of 2015, the 10th-highest rate in the nation. → Read More
Report: Connecticut's Wage-Growth Inequality Among Highest In Nation
Although Connecticut workers still enjoy some of the country's biggest paychecks, the richest among us have seen their wages grow more quickly as the wages of the poorest have seen some of the largest decreases in the nation. → Read More
Hartford Ranked Among Worst Places To Be A Yoga Instructor
Hartford is the third-worst metropolitan area to be a yoga instructor, according to a recent analysis. But Springfield is even worse. → Read More
Voter Turnout 32.75 Percent; Similar To Other Municipal Years
About 32.75 percent of registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday's municipal elections among towns that reported totals by Thursday. → Read More
Are Home Prices Dropping In Your Town? For Most Of Connecticut, Answer Is Yes
About 24 percent more homes were sold in Connecticut in September 2015 than a year earlier, but sale prices continue to drop. "Year to date, there have been 22,025 single family home sales in Connecticut, a 14.9 percent increase from last year’s mark through nine months of 19,175," according to... → Read More
What's The Best Small City In Connecticut?
The best small city in Connecticut, based on an analysis of affordability, economic health, education and health and overall quality of life, is: Wethersfield. → Read More
Voter Turnout Low During Local Elections, But Some Towns Do Worse Than Others
In 2012, Connecticut voters flocked to the polls. Obama was up for a second term, and Linda McMahon was taking her second swipe at a Senate seat against popular State Rep. Chris Murphy. Nearly 74 percent of all registered voters cast a ballot. A year later, in the municipal contests, voter turnout dropped by half. → Read More
Homicides Up In Hartford, But Many Other Crimes Down
A 19-year-old man shot in the head on Cherry Street on Wednesday night became the city's 28th homicide of 2015. In the last decade, only once — in 2009 — had there been more homicides with more than two months left in the calendar. But aside from the homicides, the number of serious crimes overall... → Read More
Census: Thousands Of Connecticut Residents Moving To Other States, Fewer Moving In
Connecticut¿s population is getting old, but it¿s also getting out. More than 82,000 people moved to Connecticut from other states in 2014, but more than 96,000 Connecticut residents moved out, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates. → Read More
Q Poll: Connecticut Women, Democrats, Millennials Have Lowest Opinions Of Trump
About 70 percent of Connecticut's registered Republicans have a favorable view of presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday. But the feelings are even stronger from the other side of the aisle. → Read More
What's Happened To Home Prices In Your Town?
Home sales are on the rise across the state, but prices are dropping in many towns. → Read More
Youth Arrests Sharply Down
In 2004, police made nearly 25,000 arrests in Connecticut of people who were under 18 years old. In 2014, that number had dropped by 62 percent, to 9,439. → Read More
Drug, Alcohol Violations Up At UConn, Quinnipiac, Other Connecticut Colleges
Several Connecticut colleges and universities showed dramatic increases in the numbers of disciplinary referrals for alcohol or drug violations — or both — during 2014 compared with the previous year, according to the recently released federal Clery report. At UConn and Quinnipiac University, the... → Read More
Was It The Warmest Summer Ever?
After an extraordinarily cold winter, featuring the coldest January-March stretch in recorded state history, the weather pivoted on April and delivered one of the warmest summers we¿ve ever had. → Read More
Hurricane Joaquin Storm Track Aims North: Are We Due?
Earlier this week was the 30-year anniversary of Hurricane Gloria, the last hurricane to hit Connecticut directly. → Read More
Economy Improving In Connecticut's Metro Areas
Economic growth was widespread in the nation¿s metropolitan areas in 2014, including in Connecticut. → Read More
Interactive: Who Gets Pulled Over In Your Town?
About a year ago, the state released eight months¿ worth of traffic stop data in an effort to determine whether racial profiling was at work in Connecticut police departments. The data shed light on the issue for the first time. → Read More
DMV Ditches License Plate Style, Jumps To Seven Characters
WETHERSFIELD — Twenty million license plate combinations, down the drain. → Read More
Connecticut Black Bear Sightings Increasing
Once upon a time, black bears were a novelty in Litchfield County. But these days, it¿s Goldilocks and The Oh My God They¿re Everywhere. → Read More
Trump Supporters: Patriots Aren't Cheaters
The nation is evenly split on the Deflategate issue, except for supporters of Donald Trump. → Read More