The State Capitol and Legislative Office Building will be closed Thursday and Friday, and House leaders said all public hearings scheduled for next week will be canceled. But Senate and House leaders were uncertain at mid-afternoon about how they could continue the public’s business if the public cannot come to the Capitol. House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, said he would be thrilled if no other cases are confirmed. “I don’t think it’ll stop there,” he said. “But if in six months from now we can look at each other and people are criticizing us for overreacting when we only had two confirmed cases — and that is the final number — we’ve all done our job.”
Lawmakers back health emergency, weigh curtailing their session