Gov. Ned Lamont and Department of Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani announced that Connecticut is changing policy regarding COVID protections in schools during a press conference at Newington High School Starting today, schools will have
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**Meghan Portfolio contributed to this article** Amanda Roos never got to open her brand-new Painted Goddess Salon in Monroe. Her new beauty and hairdressing business was ready to open its doors on March 20, the
Staggering employment numbers released by the Connecticut Department of Labor show that during the month of April, Connecticut lost twice as many jobs as it created in 10 years, putting the state back on its
An error by the Connecticut Department of Labor resulted in the U.S. Department of Labor reporting Connecticut had a massive surge of 298,680 initial unemployment claims for the week ending May 9 – more than
Prisoners housed in the Cheshire Correctional Institution’s COVID quarantine unit received word they are no longer allowed to shower, according to a May 1 notice sent from Counselor Supervisor Damian M. Doran to the unit’s
**UPDATE: Gov. Lamont issued an executive order at approximately 8:30 p.m. on May 13 extending the suspension of the plastic bag tax until June 30. Executive Order 7NN can be viewed here. Yankee’s original article
The COVID-19 has forced social distancing measures to be put in place and part of that social distancing is avoiding potentially crowded civic engagement practices like in-person municipal voting. Gov. Ned Lamont’s executive orders suspended
Budget numbers released by the Office of Fiscal Analysis show Connecticut’s budget deficit this year grew to over $1 billion, an increase of more than $687 million over the previous estimate. Gov. Ned Lamont had
On an April 22 conference call with municipal leaders in the Capital Region Council of Governments, Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal said “at some time, we will have to face the need to tighten our belts”