The mask mandate at all 17 CSCU campuses will switch to “mask-optional” everywhere, including classrooms, starting April 4.
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 inEducation
As COVID wanes, UConn relaxes mask mandate
Masks will still be required in classrooms, labs and studios, but in most campus settings, masks will be “recommended” as of Friday.
Posted inPolitics
Upstairs, Downstairs: In CT Capitol, Senate is off limits, House is open
The Connecticut Senate still bars the pubic from its portion of the Capitol as a COVID precaution. The House reopened its floor Wednesday.
Posted inPolitics
A return to normalcy in the CT Capitol, at least on two floors
For the first time since the Capitol closed due to COVID in 2020, masks will be optional when the House of Representatives meets Wednesday.
Posted inHealth
House unveils broad mental health bill
The bill includes initiatives to improve and expand mental health workforce development, services in schools, insurance coverage and more.
Posted inGovernment
Senate continues limited COVID emergency in Connecticut
The Senate approved two measures that continue some emergency powers while allowing educators to decide whether to require masks in schools.
Posted inPolitics
With House vote, Connecticut adopts timeline for ‘living with COVID’
Connecticut’s management of a COVID-19 pandemic would loosen under new rules approved Thursday by the House of Representatives.
Posted inInvestigations
Tax liens, lawsuits are part of state contractor’s history
A man on the state’s list of suppliers for masks and COVID tests once admitted to taking $1.8 million from his company’s pension fund.
Posted inEconomic Development
Exhausted health care workers seek long-awaited legislative relief
Calls to shore up Connecticut’s health care workforce are getting louder as medical workers feel the continuing strain of the pandemic.
Posted inMoney
Legislators push inquiry into nursing home operator
A nursing home operator is facing an investigation over allegations that raises that were supposed to go to employees were never distributed.
Posted inHealth
In super-vaxxed Vermont, Covid strikes — but packs far less punch
It is the nation’s most vaccinated state against covid, with nearly 80% of residents fully vaccinated — yet even super-vaxxed Vermont has not proved impenetrable.
Posted inPolitics
COVID restrictions to continue in CT legislature, Capitol
The Connecticut General Assembly will continue its stringent COVID-19 restrictions for at least the first month of the 2022 session.
Posted inHealth
Five things you should know about ‘free’ at-home COVID tests
Americans keep hearing that it is important to test frequently for COVID-19 at home. But just try to find an “at-home” rapid COVID test.
Posted inHealth
As COVID-19 surge slows, Lamont addresses challenges with testing and nursing homes
COVID-19 activity in CT continues to decline: Connecticut’s daily test positivity rate was at 13.69% on Friday.
Posted inEducation
Community college faculty and staff call for stricter COVID safety guidelines
Community college faculty called for stricter COVID safety standards as they return to campuses for the spring semester on Friday.