The CT Freedom Alliance plans to appeal the ruling upholding the state’s mask mandate for children to the Supreme Court.
COVID-19
The Connecticut Mirror is covering the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact in Connecticut. Read our most recent stories and in-depth reporting below.
Posted inHealth
Children with psychiatric needs are overwhelming hospital emergency departments in CT
Hospital officials in Connecticut say that while emergency department visits overall have declined, the number of children who are awaiting inpatient beds for psychiatric care has increased exponentially during the pandemic.
Posted inEconomic Development
CT’s civil rights enforcement agency: segregation has ‘particularly deadly effect’ amid pandemic
The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities report links zoning segregation with the deadly impact of COVID on minority communities.
Posted inNews
Hundreds of PPP loans went to fake farms in absurd places
A cattle ranch on the New Jersey beach. Orange groves in Minnesota.
Posted inHealth
Stark racial disparities persist in vaccinations, state-level CDC data shows
Black Americans’ vaccination rates are still lagging; Hispanics are closing the gap and Native Americans show the highest rates overall.
Posted inNews
Photo essay: As COVID-era restrictions fall, Connecticut residents look for a new normal
Fans head to Dunkin’ Donuts Park to watch the baseball game between Hartford Yard Goats and Somerset Patriots on May 20. Fans head to Dunkin’ Donuts Park to watch the baseball game between Hartford Yard Goats and Somerset Patriots on May 20. Connecticut residents took a few cautious steps into a world once known as […]
Posted inPolitics
As rest of Connecticut opens, the Capitol will stay closed
CT-N broadcasts gavel-to-gavel coverage of the legislature, but the state Capitol will remain closed to the public.
Posted inNews
Lamont offers signing bonuses to get people off unemployment
Connecticut is offering $1,000 signing bonuses to long-term jobless who accept full-time employment.
Posted inNews
Emergency gubernatorial powers to get bipartisan review
The Senate voted Thursday to create a bipartisan commission to Connecticut’s emergency power laws.
Posted inHealth
Fully vaccinated CT residents won’t be required to wear masks indoors starting May 19
The mask mandate will be lifted the same day that other COVID-19 restrictions expire.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont to state employees: Time to come back to the office
The decision comes 15 months after state employees were directed to work from home.
Posted inHealth
CT’s ‘yellow van’ vaccination clinics are giving half as many doses as a month ago
“Whatever [the strategic plan] is, it’s not working,” said one pastor.
Posted inPolitics
House extends emergency powers — but with added oversight
The House voted Tuesday to extend the governor’s emergency pandemic powers, but with stronger oversight.
Posted inHealth
Pfizer COVID vaccine approved for children 12 to 15. Here’s what you need to know.
Across Connecticut, providers have begun requesting more doses of the Pfizer vaccine in preparation.
Posted inHealth
DPH: 242 breakthrough cases of COVID among fully vaccinated CT residents
Breakthrough cases account for 0.02% of vaccinated residents; three have died