Witnesses told DeLauro states like Connecticut should not reopen without much more testing and contact tracing.
DeLauro holds hearing on coronavirus response even as Trump bars Fauci’s testimony
Posted inHealth
COVID-19 reopening relies on a safety net still being woven
There’s never a good time for a pandemic. But this one arrived when local health departments are hurting.
Posted inTransportation
CT can delay its transportation financing debate only a few months more
With revenues evaporating and upgrades long overdue, Connecticut will have to act soon to solve its transportation financing problems.
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The need for an equitable back-to-school strategy
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt most urgently on the community level, especially when it comes to our local public schools. The closure of public schools was necessary to protect the health of children and their families, but has very much changed their daily lives. On a wider scale, it has exacerbated existing problems in Connecticut’s education system, particularly in high poverty areas and communities of color.
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We should follow South Korea’s example of how to provide a nation with healthcare
The Korean healthcare system’s quick response to the COVID-19 pandemic not only saved thousands of lives, but proved the model for the rest of the world to follow. Though Korea’s population is 14 times larger than Connecticut’s, it has suffered less than a quarter of the deaths of our state.
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Princess Fiona in the Time of Corona
As a college student who has returned from her musical theater major in New York for social distancing and remote classes, I needed a creative outlet. Here it is…
Posted inHealth
COVID-19 hospitalizations jump after two week decline as state reports 77 additional deaths
The number of patients hospitalized with coronavirus jumped by three dozen people to a total of 1,500 on Tuesday.
Posted inJustice
Blumenthal, Murphy demand answers on spike in COVID-19 cases at Danbury prison
Sixty inmates and 50 staff members have contracted COVID-19 and one inmate has died at the low-security federal prison.
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Lamont’s Republican rail revenge
Our “aw shucks, golly” governor seems to have a mean streak. While he probably deserves all the credit he’s getting for his handling of the COVID-19 crisis, what he did recently at the Bond Commission meeting seems uncharacteristically mean and vindictive.
Posted inNews
School’s out for summer, by governor order. Remote learning continues.
The governor will order Connecticut schools to remain closed, joining 39 other states that have decided not to reopen.
Posted inHealth
No surge yet for COVID-19 testing. Governor says it’s coming.
Lamont has stressed that the state must significantly increase testing before his administration can begin reopening schools and non-essential businesses.
Posted inPolitics
Blumenthal: Coronavirus liability shield for businesses a ‘non-starter’ in new stimulus bill talks
As states plan to reopen, the GOP insists employers be shielded from liability if their workers or customers contract COVID-19.
Posted inPolitics
Voting during a pandemic in Connecticut? For most, that means going to polls.
Every voter will get an absentee ballot application in the mail. State law bars most from using them.
Posted inHealth
Connecticut takes steps to make voting safer, as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline
Fairfield, Hartford, and New Haven counties are now all seeing a downward trend in hospitalizations.
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Connecticut needs a quicker plan forward
Uncertain times are when open debate should most be encouraged. The response actions by the state for COVID-19, good and bad, have largely gone unquestioned publicly, and I feel strongly we as citizens need to feel we have more than one public voice, the state, in guiding where we go from here. In that spirit, the following comments are meant to be a single list of constructive, not contrarian, ideas. Many of the state’s actions have been positive, but some need improvement, and fast.