COVID-19 Relief Funding

The directive from Gov. Lamont’s budget director was issued hours after The Connecticut Mirror published a story about legislators' concerns.

Legislators working on CT’s budget don’t know how much ARPA funding is left, nor do they know when Ned Lamont’s administration will tell them.

Nassau County lawmakers approve $10 million in federal COVID relief funds to be used for a series of events to celebrate the county’s 125th anniversary.

Connecticut Republicans are pushing for transparency in the state’s spending of billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief money and transportation infrastructure funding.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has moved to revoke or reduce the pension of a former West Haven housing specialist, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving the city’s COVID relief funds.

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 Connecticut program that offered “hero pay” to essential workers at the peak of of the coronavirus pandemic got so many applicants that state lawmakers had to go back into session Monday to provide extra funding and put new limits on who could get the biggest bonuses.

Connecticut’s emergency housing funding hotline could face staffing shortages unless the state provides more funding for the service.

A special Connecticut legislative committee has approved Democratic Governor Ned Lamont’s request to allocate $79 million in federal funds to help low-income residents cover heating and electricity costs this winter. A Republican amendment to add more money failed.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Andrew Brown to discuss his article, “CT towns got $1.5 billion from feds. They’ve budgeted roughly 1% for housing,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.