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A year into the COVID-19 crisis, Ned Lamont is the face of the pandemic in Connecticut.

Dan Haar: The inside story behind Lamont's vaccination order reversal FacebookTwitterEmail Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont receives his first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at The First Cathedral church Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Bloomfield.File photo The first hint for Gov. Ned Lamont and his top aides that Connecticut might be better off sticking with age groups as the vaccination order, not front-line workers or people with medical conditions, came in a mid-afternoon meeting on a very hectic day at the state Capitol in early January. It was the Core Four: Lamont sat behind his desk on the s...

Opinion: The inequity governor reveals himself By Niels Heilmann © Provided by Connecticut Post Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont receives his first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at The First Cathedral church Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Bloomfield. In his book “Stamped from the Beginning,” Ibram X. Kendi notes that where you see racial disparities, they are the result of racist policies. He further notes that inaction — thus upholding existing racial disparities — is a powerful force that can only be overcome with intentionally anti-racist policy. In the first seven wee...

Teachers and other school workers still to be prioritized Gov. Ned Lamont looks at a syringe that Patrice Marriott, registered nurse at Trinity Health of New England, holds before giving him the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the First Cathedral church in Bloomfield this month. (Yehyun Kim, CTMirror.org) Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday he is throwing out the state’s current playbook for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout – which had prioritized people with underlying medical conditions and certain types of workers, such as grocery store and agricultural employees – and is shifting to a sys...