The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities chastised Gov. Ned Lamont Thursday for not sending emerrgency federal pandemic funding directly to communities.
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New Connecticut cases of COVID-19 related child inflammatory disease; officials report a jump in overall deaths
COVID-19 fatalities rose by 84 Wednesday, bringing the overall death toll to 3,125. A day earlier there were 33 deaths.
Connecticut cautiously plans to bring college students back in phases
Research programs could resume as early as May 20, but it’s unclear if campuses will reopen fully this fall.
Will extra education aid go to remedy learning lost from school closures – or close budget holes?
During the last recession, schools in the state shed 1,300 jobs. A larger economic slowdown is predicted this time.
Lamont, other governors, seek $500 billion in new coronavirus stimulus money for states
Besides pressing for more money, the nation’s governors are seeking flexibility in how they can use the funds.
Blumenthal presses for aid to local media in next coronavirus stimulus bill
The coronavirus made the financial problems facing local journalism worse as ad revenues sharply declined due to the shutdown.
CT businesses may have to wait for loans, but there’s a plan to boost Paycheck Protection Program
Mnuchin wants $250 billion more for Paycheck Protection Program loans that are in great demand by CT small businesses.
Himes: COVID-19 leaves Fairfield County ‘one step ahead of the tiger’
Himes has abandoned traditional duties to plead for hospital supplies and reach out in Spanish to his district’s hardest-hit residents.
CT businesses set to rush for federal coronavirus loan program
As part of the federal coronavirus response, a new $350 billion federal loan program will begin accepting applications on Friday.
CT struggling to pay unemployment claims; feds holding back billions pending new rules
The jobless in Connecticut will wait weeks for help from the state or federal government.
COVID-19 cases soaring, state, hospitals, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reviewing sites in CT for overflow COVID-19 patients
Gov. Lamont: “We’re running like hell and the virus is right behind us.”