Communications Director, Connecticut Hospital Association
110 Barnes Road, Wallingford, CT
rall@chime.org, 203-265-7611
CT Mirror – Thursday, January 30, 2025
By Mark Pazniokas
The administration of President Donald J. Trump has put state transportation departments on notice it intends, “to the maximum extent permitted by law,” link federal transportation funding to policies on masks, vaccines, tolls and immigration enforcement.
The four-page undated memo by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy states the administration “shall prioritize projects and goals” that, among other things, prohibit recipients “from imposing vaccine and mask mandates” and require “local compliance or cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.”