Connecticut COVID Relief

With emergency funding running out and the Connecticut kindergarten age rising, child care providers say their capacity will be strained even further.

With just over one week left to apply for the Connecticut’s coronavirus pandemic bonus program for essential, private-sector workers, demand has far outstripped the resources Governor Ned Lamont and legislators reserved for the program.

The number of Connecticut private sector workers who applied for pandemic bonuses in the first days of the Premium Pay Program crashed its website.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Dave Altimari to discuss his article written with Andrew Brown, “CT municipalities using federal ARPA funds to expand police surveillance tools,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

Connecticut towns and cities are spending millions of dollars of federal stimulus funds to install police surveillance systems in local communities, enabling law enforcement officials to more easily track people’s movements and potentially solve crimes.

Mayor Nancy Rossi said in a statement the report highlights shortcomings in internal controls and processes; some of which have already been addressed.

The fallout continues from this week's report on nursing home deaths. Plus, what a President Biden means for your taxes.