HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is criticizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for recommending a pause in the administering of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine....

Vaccine providers across Connecticut were busy rescheduling appointments Tuesday for the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, offering instead the two-dose Pfizer or Moderna vaccines after the...

Connecticut plans to allocate millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds toward education programs designed to help make up for learning lost by the state's schoolchildren during the...

A major decline in the amount of Johnson & Johnson vaccine has required Connecticut officials to revamp some distribution plans, including at college campuses before students leave for the summer...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials are looking at places in the state to house unaccompanied migrant children who have been arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers,...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Ned Lamont signed an executive order Tuesday that will allow people to use the continuing COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to vote by absentee in any election, primary or...

The Democratic governor of Connecticut and the Republican governor of Massachusetts joined forces Tuesday to publicly pitch similar legislative proposals for curbing prescription drug costs, plans...

Connecticut lawmakers on Tuesday advanced Gov. Ned Lamont's proposal to legalize recreational marijuana, with legislative leaders cautioning that additional changes will likely be made to the...

Connecticut officials are looking into the possibility of having to eventually administer booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccines in nursing homes, while also vaccinating new residents and staff...

About 100,000 appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations were expected to be made on Thursday, the first day that anyone 16 years and older was allowed in Connecticut to sign up to get a...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut on Wednesday received its first credit rating upgrade in two decades, prompting Democrat Gov. Ned Lamont to proclaim the state is “emerging as a financial leader...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A key legislative committee on Wednesday advanced Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont's effort to have Connecticut formally adopt the regional Transportation and Climate Initiative...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — More than 100 additional pharmacies throughout Connecticut will begin offering COVID-19 vaccines over the next several days, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Wednesday.

Connecticut lawmakers Tuesday granted final legislative approval to extending Gov. Ned Lamont's emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic to May 20, despite concerns raised by Republicans who...

With everyone age 16 and older eligible Thursday to begin signing up for COVID-19 vaccination appointments, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that people with certain medical conditions that put...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut residents are expected to receive more information about where and when they can get COVID-19 vaccinations as the state prepares for its biggest expansion yet...

A look at coronavirus-related developments around New England:

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Workers will go door to door in 10 Connecticut cities starting this spring, urging residents to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

As Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced plans Thursday to move up when any resident age 16 and older can make a COVID-19 vaccination appointment, the House of Representatives voted to allow the...

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials and the state's two federally recognized tribes expressed optimism Thursday that online gambling and sports wagering will become a reality across the...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — About 80,000 Connecticut residents ages 45 to 54 have made appointments to get COVID-19 vaccinations since their age group became eligible for the shots on Friday, Gov. Ned...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Ned Lamont's administration has reached an agreement with Connecticut's two federally recognized Native American tribes on a gambling expansion plan that could lead to...

Yale epidemiologist Dr. Albert Ko, a top pandemic advisor to Gov. Ned Lamont, said Thursday he's concerned about the different variants that have been detected in Connecticut, but he's not...

State lawmakers have begun combing through the dozens of executive orders signed by Gov. Ned Lamont over the past year during the pandemic, trying to determine which should be extended and which...

Connecticut plans to speed up the next age-based phase of its COVID-19 vaccination rollout by a few days and ultimately allow everyone else, age 16 and older, to begin making their appointments...

Developments in the coronavirus outbreak across New England:

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has received his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine and and is urging residents to...

Gov. Ned Lamont said he believes Connecticut can meet President Joe Biden's challenge to make all adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccines by May 1, a deadline that already closely matches the...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Not all Connecticut businesses are planning to rush back into their offices following Gov. Ned Lamont’s decision to lift restrictions on offices.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut will be relaxing many coronavirus-related restrictions in two weeks on businesses, theaters, churches and travel but will be keeping the statewide mask mandate,...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Members of the eastern Connecticut legislative delegation said Wednesday they “cannot accept” any gambling expansion deal reached between Gov. Ned Lamont and the Mohegan...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Ned Lamont has appointed Charlene Russell-Tucker to serve as acting state education commissioner, taking over the position vacated when Miguel Cardona was confirmed...

Gov. Ned Lamont and the Mohegan tribal chair, who leads one of the state's two federally recognized Native American tribes, announced Tuesday they have reached an agreement on a comprehensive...

More than 500,000 Connecticut residents who are between 55 and 64 years old became eligible Monday for COVID-19 vaccinations, but Gov. Ned Lamont warned it could take more than three weeks for the...

A package of tax changes, including a plan to prevent 110,000 Connecticut commuters with out-of-state jobs from being double-taxed because they've been working at home during the pandemic,...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former federal prosecutor, who helped lead the investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe before resigning from the Justice Department last year, is being...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's effort to legalize recreational marijuana for adults received criticism Friday from two completely different fronts: people who outright oppose legalization and those...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Ned Lamont said Friday that Connecticut still has “a long way to go” to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates among Black and Hispanic residents, as new data show white...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut school districts around the state have begun organizing their own COVID-19 vaccination clinics, preparing for the official rollout of vaccines for teachers and...

Gov. Ned Lamont on Wednesday asked Connecticut utility regulators to continue a moratorium that prevents electric customers from having their service shut off during the COVID-19...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is making a major push to legalize the adult use of recreational marijuana after COVID-19 upended the 2020 legislative session, arguing now is the time to finally enact...

A major change to Connecticut’s vaccination schedule was announced Monday, with the state continuing with a mostly age-based system to make the rollout less complicated after seeing the challenges...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Ned Lamont nominated 16 people for state judge positions Wednesday, including his general counsel for a spot on Connecticut's second-highest court.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Essential workers, including teachers, as well as people with underlying medical conditions should learn in about 10 days when they can begin making their COVID-19...

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Ned Lamont credited the growing number of vaccinations in Connecticut with the state's declining rate of COVID-19 infection, noting Friday the number of nursing home...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont urged residents 65 years and older to be patient about getting vaccination appointments, which officially opened up on Thursday, noting the state expects to receive...

Some Democratic state legislators questioned Thursday whether Gov. Ned Lamont's newly proposed two-year $46 billion budget does enough to address longstanding racial inequities in Connecticut that...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Defeating COVID-19 tops the priority list for Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, who unveiled a new two-year, $46 billion state budget on Wednesday.