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GE Appliances Launches Appliance Manufacturing In Connecticut
GE Home equipment President & CEO Kevin Nolan and native workforce growth leaders celebrated the opening of the corporate’s latest manufacturing operation in Stamford, CT yesterday. As a part of the celebration, the primary equipment rolled off the manufacturing line on the new microfactory, dubbed CoCREATE Stamford.
“At present we ship on our promise made simply 10 months in the past to put money into Connecticut and convey equipment manufacturing to Stamford,” stated Nolan. “We’re thrilled to be constructing home equipment within the northeast whereas additionally offering native college students with alternatives to work with us and be taught. Manufacturing is our basis, however our manufacturing facility is barely the beginning of what’s to return right here. We’re energized in regards to the prospects forward when CoCREATE Stamford totally opens to the neighborhood and look ahead to bringing folks collectively to innovate, educate and encourage.”
The Monogram Sensible Flush Fireside Oven is the primary equipment to be constructed inside CoCREATE Stamford’s state-of-the-art microfactory. GE Home equipment, a Haier firm, expects to launch further equipment improvements from CoCREATE Stamford as early as subsequent 12 months.
“CoCREATE Stamford is an revolutionary mannequin that not solely brings financial development and jobs to our metropolis, however most significantly aligns workforce growth and academic alternatives for college students within the fields of engineering and manufacturing,” stated Stamford Mayor Caroline Simmons. “We have to guarantee we put together the subsequent era for job alternatives in these crucial sectors, and CoCREATE is doing simply that. The Metropolis of Stamford is thrilled to have GE Home equipment in our neighborhood, and we’re desirous to proceed being a companion as CoCREATE Stamford strikes ahead and evolves to achieve its fullest potential.”
The microfactory is the primary accomplished section of CoCREATE Stamford, a co-creation vacation spot introduced final fall by GE Home equipment designed to merge innovation, schooling and inspiration. Along with trendy manufacturing, CoCREATE Stamford will function a collaborative makerspace for the neighborhood, present hands-on academic alternatives, and supply distinctive model and product experiences for shoppers in search of inspiration within the kitchen and residential area. CoCREATE Stamford expects to be fully open by the beginning of 2023.
GE Home equipment can also be constructing on its longstanding dedication to supporting workforce growth at CoCREATE Stamford by means of partnerships with the College of Connecticut and Connecticut State Faculty and Universities. CoCREATE Stamford has already began hiring native faculty college students for paid part-time employment that lets them work alongside engineers, expertise a contemporary manufacturing facility firsthand, and doubtlessly uncover their future careers.
“It’s so nice to see GE Home equipment in Connecticut, the place the enterprise traces its early roots,” stated AdvanceCT CEO Peter Denious. “Their landmark CoCREATE heart will present guests a novel window into manufacturing, a hands-on coaching facility along with an attractive retail expertise. GE Home equipment’ dedication to innovation and giving again to the neighborhood is a strong mixture that may enrich Stamford and the state of Connecticut.”
Since 2016, GE Home equipment has invested $2 billion in new merchandise and know-how—rising its U.S. manufacturing and distribution presence in a number of states throughout the nation, together with its largest operations at Equipment Park in Louisville, KY.
A man has died after he was shot in the Elm City Tuesday night.
While details remain limited, police say the shooting happened on Edgewood Avenue.
No arrests have been made at this time and police are only tentatively identifying the man as a 43-year-old New Haven resident.
Anyone with any information is being asked to contact New Haven Police.
President-elect Donald Trump, a longtime opponent to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has the backing of a soon-to-be controlled Republican House and Senate to make changes to the ACA.
The proposed changes could result in how Medicaid is financed in Connecticut and across the U.S. Well over a half of Medicaid spending by states is financed by the federal government, with Connecticut receiving 63.4% of its Medicaid spending share in fiscal year 2023, according to KFF.
State lawmakers, however, are not overly concerned just yet.
“There have been some worrisome noises, but nothing to date that’s concrete,” State Sen. Matt Lesser, co-chair of the Human Services Committee, said.
Lesser said lawmakers are paying close attention since federal changes to Medicaid would significantly impact “over almost half of the kids in the state, pregnant women, [and] retirees.”
The state-funded Medicaid program, known as HUSKY in Connecticut, provides coverage to undocumented children. On July 1, the cap was raised to include undocumented young people up to age 15.
Medicaid cost overruns could put access for low-income patients at risk
State finances will be central to Connecticut lawmakers’ discussions in the upcoming legislative session Jan. 8, with the potential expansion of Medicaid eligibility among undocumented immigrants.
Connecticut’s Medicaid program experienced cost overruns in the hundreds of millions of dollars at the start of the current fiscal year. The Connecticut Mirror reported that the Department of Social Services (DSS) is tallying usage and cost for the program, which has had a much higher interest in enrollments than expected, according to the DSS. The total cost is expected to be out before Gov. Ned Lamont releases his budget in February.
State minority leaders have proposed to tighten the Medicaid fiscal belt.
Stephen Harding, Senate Republican Leader, and Vincent Candelora, House Republican Leader, said in a statement that the state should “suspend this policy immediately with the goal of eliminating it in the next budget cycle.”
The passage of the proposal would need the full approval of the state General Assembly.
But Democrat lawmakers seek to further expand the age cap for Medicaid eligibility among undocumented people.
State Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, co-chair of the Human Services Committee, is among lawmakers and advocates who hope to push the cap higher this session – to 18 years.
Gilchrest said lack of access to health care would mean that “their need is going to be heightened down the road, and we’re going to have to cover the cost of higher cost health care.”
And that would also apply to other Connecticut residents enrolled in Medicaid, she said.
“We need to have conversations about what access to care looks like for a population that continues to increase in our state because they are experiencing economic inequality,” Gilchrest said.
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (WABC) — A homeowner in Connecticut took his Christmas tree to the next level this holiday season, refusing to let the ceiling limit him… literally!
The house in Fairfield has gone viral for installing a Christmas tree that from the outside appears to be smashing through the roof.
But fear not – the homeowner won’t be paying thousands of dollars in home repairs for this holiday display. It’s simply an optical illusion.
Storyful video shows the captivating display.
There’s a truncated Christmas tree indoors, and the top of another that’s resting on the roof, creating the illusion of a single 20-foot tree bursting through the roof.
The interior designer who masterminded the display said the installation took two days.
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