The state has awarded just 1.1% of the $34 million budget for the Essential Workers COVID-19 Assistance Program since it launched.
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Posted inHealth
Close to 3,000 young children in CT vaccinated against COVID in first week
State officials expect demand for the vaccine to tick up when parents start preparing for a new school year.
Posted inHealth, Politics
U.S. health secretary vows in CT visit to fight for abortion rights
Xavier Becerra said the Biden administration will use all of its powers to assist abortion providers and their patients.
Posted inHealth
Long COVID persists, but doctors are working on treatments
With a growing number of people getting long COVID, treatment programs have launched in CT and elsewhere to help people manage the symptoms.
Posted inEconomic Development
Can marijuana bring about social equity? In Massachusetts, a case study
Cannabis entrepreneurs, customers and communities are increasingly concerned about equity — whether there really is room for everyone.
Posted inEconomic Development
Gov. Lamont taps abortion rights as business recruiting tool for CT
After the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, CT calls on businesses to “relocate to a state that supports the rights of women.”
Posted inPolitics
DGA creates super PAC to support Lamont, not saying to what extent
As a super PAC attacks Gov. Ned Lamont on TV, the Democratic Governors Association registered its own PAC in Connecticut, a step towards defending the incumbent.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Supreme Court deals climate change fight a major blow in EPA ruling
The decision is likely to have far broader impacts, not only on environmental regulation but also on actions by other federal agencies.
Posted inMoney
CT lawmakers want a closer look at inequality, and now the law demands it
Whoever wins this fall’s gubernatorial election cannot, by law, propose a new budget without showing how it addresses inequities.
Posted inMoney
Lamont says CT state worker retirement ‘tsunami’ was milder than feared
Although more than 4,400 state employees will have retired since January, the state has hired more than 6,000 this fiscal year.
Posted inHealth
Report estimates cost to insure undocumented CT residents
RAND study says extending HUSKY health coverage to all CT undocumented residents would put health care within reach for 21,000 more people.
Posted inPolitics
Denise Merrill, CT Secretary of the State, resigning to care for her husband
Merrill, 73, announced last June she intended to exit public office when her term expired in January 2023 after three decades in Hartford.
Posted inHealth
Lamont extends public health emergency to ensure extra SNAP funds
The declaration means CT will continue to receive an extra $34 million through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program every month.
Posted inPolitics
CT minimum wage increase is common ground for Democrats and Lamont
The coming minimum wage increase was an opportunity for Gov. Ned Lamont to share common ground Monday with more progressive Democrats.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont quickly airs TV ad on abortion, a topic GOP hopes will fade
Three days after the demise of Roe v. Wade, a new TV ad underlines Gov. Ned Lamont’s unqualified support for abortion rights.