May 20th. It’s the day that Governor Lamont’s closure orders run out. Will schools and nonessential businesses begin to open back up? That all depends on positive trends on COVID-19 hospitalizations, and access to testing.

Meanwhile, the 47-member “Reopen Connecticut Advisory Group”pol-reopening-task-force-lamont-20200427-w634xkbofvc7xi2hqauobnb5be-story.html"> has been meeting behind closed doors to give recommendations to the governor on how the state might begin to get back to any sort of normal.

This hour we check in on what it might look like to reopen our state.

Also, we remember br-josh-kovner-hartford-courant-reporter-obituary-20200423-vgru4upfbfc53bkhlm3eevwkqq-story.html">Hartford Courant journalist Josh Kovner who passed away on Friday.

GUESTS: 

• Mark Paziokas - Capitol bureau cheif at the Connecticut Mirror (@ctmirrorpaz)
• Daniela Altimari - covers state government and politics at the Hartford Courant (@capitolwatch)
• Colin McEnroe - Host of The Colin McEnroe Show, and a columnist for Hearst Connecticut (@ColinMcEnroe)

Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.