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Women’s work, ‘Curated Cocktails,’ Met Gala: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: The state has temporarily paused giving the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine out of an “abundance of caution” while federal officials investigate reports of rare blood clots, the state health officer announced Tuesday. Dr. Scott Harris cautioned people to remember those were just six incidents out of 6.8 million doses of ...

Governor Ned Lamont said Connecticut will spend $10.7 million from its share of COVID-19 relief money on a program to tackle school absenteeism.

Nearly $11 million in emergency education funding is being directed toward improving student engagement and attendance concerns that have grown worse during COVID-19 in 15 Connecticut school districts, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday.

Connecticut plans 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...

New $10.7M state program addresses student absenteeism, disengagement FacebookTwitterEmail A new statewide initiative has been created to address high rates of student absenteeism and disengagement. Gov. Ned Lamont announced the new program Monday to support K-12 students with poor attendance and engagement levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. Called the Learner Engagement and Attendance Program, it is a partnership between the state education department and six Regional Education Service Cente...