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Connecticut continued to show gradual improvement in the labor market by increasing a number of jobs in Connecticut.

According to HartfordBusiness.com, Connecticut’s slow economic recovery continued to gain some ground in April as employers added another 3,000 jobs during the month, pushing the jobless rate down slightly to 9 percent, labor authorities said Thursday.

That represents the fourth consecutive month Connecticut added jobs to its economy, the Connecticut Department of Labor said.

Connecticut unemployment was 9.2 percent in March and 8 percent in April last year. U.S. unemployment is 9.9 percent.

Connecticut since December has added 8,900 jobs, state labor authorities said.

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The House of Representatives have approved a plan to bail out the financially troubled University of Connecticut Healthcare Center, a bill that could potentially create or save hundreds of healthcare jobs in Connecticut (click here).

The new plan could improve the center’s 35-year-old John Dempsey Hospital.

According to the Hartford Courant.com, after three hours of debate that ended shortly before 9 p.m., the House voted 109-34 for the measure. There was bipartisan support, though some Republicans and fiscally conservative Democrats voted against the plan after questioning whether an expensive new patient tower is needed at the hospital campus in Farmington.

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