Between Funding Cuts And Tort Reform

WSHU | By Charles Lane

Published May 12, 2020 at 6:42 PM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill Tuesday. McConnell says there will be no more coronavirus legislation unless it includes legal liability protection for businesses.

We explain the connection between funding cuts and business shield laws, an update on this new toxic shock syndrome in children and a firing in Connecticut’s COVID response team.

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Charles Lane

Charles is senior reporter focusing on special projects. He has won numerous awards including an IRE award, three SPJ Public Service Awards, and a National Murrow. He was also a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists and Third Coast Director’s Choice Award.

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