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UnitedHealth Group has made a decision that will result in new Connecticut construction jobs.

The company has announced it will keep its workforce, made up of more than 2,000 people, in Connecticut and move its offices to a new location in Hartford. The relocation project will create 150 to 200 construction jobs during the next year to year-and-a-half, according to an article by Expansion Management.

“This is a triumph for Connecticut, for UnitedHealth Group and for our state’s capital city, and welcome news to employees and their families at a time of terrible economic uncertainty,” Gov. M. Jodi Rell said in the article. “I am doing everything in my power to keep and create jobs in our state.

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Hundreds of banking jobs in Connecticut could be affected by the current problems surrounding AIG.

American International Group plans to shut down its Wilton office, located in Fairfield County, Conn., within the next few years. This move could cost 400 workers their Connecticut jobs. The office is home to AIG Financial Group, which is currently settling contracts and selling investment portfolios worth $1.6 trillion.

According to an article by NBC Connecticut, job losses within the company could have a profound affected in Wilton, the surrounding area and Fairfield County as a whole, which would see a noticeable loss of tax revenue.

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The recently-passed federal economic stimulus plan will help create new Connecticut construction jobs.

Connecticut‘s Recovery Working Group recently approved more than $200 million in federal stimulus transportation projects that will help create plenty of jobs and transportation projects throughout the state, including bridge replacement and repair, road paving and traffic signal work. This is welcome news as Connecticut’s construction industry has continued to shed jobs.

“We literally want shovels in the ground and people hired by next month,” Governor M. Jodi Rell said in a press release. “It is essential we put people back to work and money back into our economy as soon as possible. These projects will do that as well as improve the condition and safety of our roads and bridges.”

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If the State of Connecticut adopts the General Assembly‘s budget deficit mitigation plan, it could mean the loss of Connecticut teaching jobs.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell is urging legislative leaders to adopt the spending cuts outlined in her own plan to help avoid cuts to state employees and higher education. Rell’s plan proposes $6.3 million in additional agency spending reductions, while the Legislature’s plan would require $20 million in unspecified cuts.

“I have cut agency spending over and over – and I have done everything in my power to avoid state employee layoffs in this extraordinarily difficult economic climate,” Rell said in a press release. “In every agency, I have cut the two biggest line items – personal services and other expenses – to the bone. The only exception has been higher education, which has seen just one round of cuts because I did not want students and parents to endure tuition increases in the midst of an economic downturn.

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One of the nation’s largest television stations could soon create media jobs in Connecticut.

NBC Universal is looking into a project with the State of Connecticut that would result in a large television production studio at the Rich Forum Theater in Stamford. If finalized, the project could create between 150 and 200 jobs and invest more than $3 million in the local economy.

“This is terrific news for the state and for Stamford – it will bring much-needed jobs, revenue and excitement and we’re proud as a peacock to pull it off,” Governor M. Jodi Rell said in a press release. “This is good news at a time when we need good news, and my administration will continue to do all it can to bring good, dependable jobs to the state.

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