Three nursing homes are tapped to serve residents after COVID-19 hospitalizations, and the National Guard began setting up an overflow hospital in the Connecticut Convention Center.
Ned Lamont
Democrat Ned Lamont has served as the 89th governor of Connecticut since Jan. 9, 2019. He has been recognized for his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hospitalizations slow. Lamont now faces questions on restrictions.
Connecticut’s governor is getting his first blowback over COVID-19 restrictions.
Posted inHealth, Housing
Tenants are given 60-day grace period to pay rent
The new rule applies to those who have lost income due to the COVID-19 shutdown.
Posted inEducation, Health
Lamont to keep schools closed another month despite ‘glimmer of hope’ that social distancing is working
The state reported 46 new hospitalizations Thursday — the lowest daily increase Connecticut has seen in two weeks.
Posted inHealth
New state plan for nursing home tests, isolation facilities could have big impact on COVID-19 spread
Workers, fearing for their lives, call on the state to provide more protective gear.
Posted inHealth
Concern grows that COVID-19 disproportionately impacts minorities, but the data is incomplete
Civil rights leaders are urging the governor to intensify efforts to gather better racial and ethic data on the pandemic.
Posted inMoney
State Bond Commission runs hard into technical difficulties
“Should I be listening to the jazz music on CT-N?” asked Rep. Chris Davis, R-Ellington. The answer was no.
Posted inPolitics
During pandemic, Lamont wants vote-by-mail option
Gov. Ned Lamont says absentee ballots would the best way to protect voters against COVID-19 during Connecticut’s presidential primary.
Posted inJustice
A noisy protest, then prison chief confirms he has been reducing inmate population
Friends and relatives of Connecticut prison inmates leaned on their car horns in protest outside the governor’s residence Monday.
Posted inHealth
The COVID-19 wave approaches. Connecticut searches for ventilators.
Connecticut will need 4,000 ventilators when COVID-19 peaks later this month. It currently has only 1,100.
Posted inMoney
Online gambling during COVID-19? Lamont: ‘I must decline.’
Gov. Ned Lamont declined Friday to use his emergency powers to legalize online gambling during the COVID-19 outbreak,
Posted inHealth
CT doctors seek coronavirus health coverage for the undocumented
Saying undocumented families pose an obstacle to keeping the coronavirus from spreading, 185 Connecticut doctors want HUSKY coverage for them.
Posted inHealth, Justice
ACLU of Connecticut sues Lamont, Cook to reduce the prison population to prevent the spread of COVID-19
“Once the virus comes in, it’s going to spread like wildfire,” said one of the incarcerated plaintiffs.
Posted inHealth, Justice
Despite a ‘business as usual’ approach, COVID-19 is shrinking CT’s incarcerated population
The incarcerated population in Connecticut is dropping as fears mount about a COVID-19 outbreak behind bars. The question is why?
Posted inHealth
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.”