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Muireann Nic Corcráin is spending the year at UConn teaching the Irish language - and spreading the culture of the Emerald Isle.

UpdatedMon, Jul 19, 2021 at 8:13 pm ET Reply(1) The unemployment rate for Connecticut and New Mexico last month stood at 7.9 percent. Only Nevada and Hawaii fared worse. (Shutterstock) ACROSS CONNECTICUT — While Connecticut continues to show signs of economic recovery after the pandemic eliminated 292,400 jobs during March and April of 2020, a new WalletHub report shows that the Nutmeg State still has a lot of work to do to improve the job front. Out of all 50 states and Washington, D.C., the...

"Today, I’m telling you: get out of the damn house," Lamont said Wednesday.

Daily coronavirus updates: Lamont calls for Connecticut residents to travel, eat out, return to the office. Governor says its time to ‘get out of the damn house.’ Emily Brindley, Hartford Courant © Provided by Hartford Courant One week after Connecticut’s expansive reopening, Gov. Ned Lamont urged the state’s residents to return to the world — to travel, to eat out at restaurants, to work from the office. At a Wednesday press briefing at the Connecticut Convention Ce...

How are you going to approach wearing masks going forward? I am going to listen to the CDC and wear one where it is suggested. 42%, 68 votes 68 votes 42% 68 votes - 42% of all votes Eh, Im going to keep wearing it most of the time. Rather be safe than sorry. 32%, 52 votes 52 votes 32% Im not going to wear one anywhere, anytime. 26%, 42 votes 42 votes 26% Total Votes: 162 Only registered users can vote. Login to vote. Poll Options are limited because JavaSc...

BY PAUL HUGHES REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN 39 HARTFORD — While Connecticut just achieved the highest vaccination rate in the nation, Gov. Ned Lamont and state officials continue to worry about COVID-19 complacency stymieing the state’s progress. Lamont on Monday spotlighted rankings from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing Connecticut is the first state to fully vaccinate more than 50% of its population over age 18. The 50.3% rate reported Monday barely topped that thres...

122 HARTFORD — Connecticut continues to reopen, but House Speaker Matt Ritter doubts the public will be allowed back into the state Capitol before the legislature adjourns in June. The Capitol… SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED REGISTER to access your ACTIVATE Your Home Delivery Access PURCHASE a Digital subscription

ap0013 / Flickr While Connecticut was prepared to step up to the plate, the Biden administration decided not to house unaccompanied migrant children in the state. New Haven will host an anonymous gun buyback program tomorrow, a new survey says people don’t really wanna use public transit anymore, and did you know America’s first cookbook was published right here in our region? Listen

Staycations to take with kids this spring Staycations to take with kids this spring The Dinosaur Place in Nature’s Art Village is among many places to take kids for the day this spring. |Francesca Fontánez, special to Record-Journal Advertisement The Wolf’s Den Trading Post at the Beardsley Zoo is among many places to take kids for the day this spring. |Francesca Fontánez, special to Record-Journal Bradley Mountain Farm is among many places to take kids for the day this spring....

President Joe Biden addressed the nation on March 11 in his first time primetime address, a year after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Biden didn't take any prepared questions afterward;