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Everything we know about getting the COVID-19 vaccination in Connecticut. From what phase you're in to answers to your FAQs.

Coronavirus vaccine trials are underway in older children, but experts say data isn't likely until the end of the summer.

Every year people fight through the hubbub of the state Capitol to hear the governor’s “State of the State” address on the General Assembly’s opening day in the packed House of Representatives chamber. In odd-numbered years they gather again, the following month, to hear the chief executive’s biennial budget speech.But not this year — because so far in 2021 the COVID pandemic that exploded last March is still cancelling in-the-flesh gatherings in confined spaces. As a result, on Jan. 6, and again this past Wednesday, Gov. Ned Lamont didn’t make the traditional in-person presentations of his State of the State and budget speeches under the golden dome in Hartford, as he did in early 2019 and 2020. Instead, his office contracted with Cronin — a private advertising firm in Glastonbury that already has been producing COVID-related TV public service announcements for the state since last year — to make videos of Lamont giving the two recent speeches at his Capitol office desk.

Gov. Ned Lamont’s 163-page proposed cannabis bill, which was released Wednesday along with his biennial state budget, appears to have disappointed members of both of Connecticut’s two major political parties.

Teachers and teachers union say vaccination is a key part of safely reopening schools, although new CDC guidance places the priority on existing safety measures such as masking and social distancing.

Use these tips from The Savvy Accountant Founder Atiya Brown to get your taxes done before April 15.

It isn’t only fair — but necessary — to ask the question what post-pandemic Hartford is going to look like. And the answer should be: Nothing like it looked like before the pandemic. It’s time to dramatically accelerate the efforts of the last decade and push Hartford into the vanguard of what a 21st century American city should look and feel like.

Mother Nature will be busy making our lives miserable in the next week, spitting out a series of storms that will drop snow, sleet and freezing rain on Connecticut. Here's when and how much:

The UConn men, trying to keep their postseason hopes viable, upended Xavier, 80-72, in Big East basketball Saturday in Cincinnati. R.J. Cole had his best game as a Husky, with 24 points and seven assists.

The state reported a positivity rate of 2.3% on Thursday.