COVID-19

The New York State Department of Health announced Monday that the COVID-19 XBB.1.5 variant is now the dominant strain in the state, accounting for more than 50% of COVID-19 infections in New York.

Private sector employees who put themselves at risk in public-facing jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic will be receiving “hero payments” of up to $1,000 starting in February through Connecticut’s Premium Pay Program.

A special program designed to shelter corrections officers in hotels during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, using millions of dollars in federal pandemic relief funding, was repeatedly abused by prison workers, according to an ongoing state investigation.

Is a legal challenge to Connecticut's emergency powers during COVID-19 moot or an opportunity to legally vet them ahead of future crisis?

Activists gathered outside Connecticut’s Department of Corrections headquarters on Wednesday to demand stricter COVID-19 guidelines in state prisons.

Deer Lake in Killingworth is off the shopping block.

As students head back to school in the coming weeks, they are facing unprecedented challenges. These free online resources can help.

Coast Guard Academy officials and a lawyer for several cadets are disputing each other's accounts of what happened to seven students before and after they were forced to leave the Connecticut campus last month after refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Puerto Rican Festival of New Haven will return this Saturday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic shut it down for two years.

A report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a 2.5% decline in labor production across Connecticut last spring.