COVID-19

The head of Connecticut’s largest teachers union is against the state imposing a vaccine mandate for school staff. The union wants a mask mandate instead.

With new cases of coronavirus delta variant ticking up in Connecticut, a number of the state’s 169 towns and cities are reverting to virtual public meetings and reimplementing mask mandates in government buildings.

About 70.3% of Connecticut’s population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose and 63.5% are fully vaccinated, according to CDC data.

A year after keeping the price of taxpayer-funded purchases out of public view in an effort to protect private business, state Comptroller Kevin Lembo has changed course and released unredacted contracts between 10 vendors and the state for COVID-19 testing. The release came one day before Connecticut Public was set to argue for the full disclosure of the documents before a state public records panel.

Landlord advocate talks about what landlords are dealing with trying to recover back rent due to pandemic.

State changes mandatory fingerprint rules for health care workers.

On The Colin McEnroe Show: How far would you go? How far would you go, for instance, to convince people to get vaccinated? Vaccination is, in a way, a test run. It’s a test run for some of the other big challenges we face. Like, for instance, climate change. How far would you go?

Covid-19 Delta variant spreads in Connecticut

Many Connecticut hospitals want to have all employees fully vaccinated by end of September.

Connecticut lawmakers extend Governor Lamont's emergency powers to September