Slow Recovery: Connecticut Gained 25,800 Jobs in May.

Connecticut added 25,800 jobs in May after losing more 269,000 jobs in April, according to the Department of Labor. The number portends a slow economic recovery for Connecticut, which was in a more than decade-long struggle to restore economic growth after the 2008-2009 recession.

Creating the conditions for jobs and opportunity to thrive in Connecticut has been the state’s policymaker’s challenge for more than 30 years. The global pandemic has added another high hurdle.