Jahana Hayes

A virtual conversation held by Congresswoman Jahana Hayes was “Zoombombed” by people posting racial slurs and playing offensive music, according to a post on Hayes’ Facebook page. Hayes said it happened during a virtual conversation with the people of Newtown on Monday. In a blog post, Hayes said the conversation was part of a series of Zoom meetings she is…

5th District Congresswoman Jahana Hayes was repeatedly targeted with racial slurs during a Zoom Call with constituents on Monday night.

Congresswoman Jahana Hayes has tested negative for COVID-19, nearly three weeks after she announced she had tested positive. On Saturday, Hayes said she tested negative in a follow-up COVID-19 test. She said she also made an appointment with the American Red Cross to donate plasma. On Sunday, Sept. 20, Hayes said she was is in quarantine after one of her…

The three candidates for the state’s 5th Congressional District took part in an online debate hosted by the League of Women Voters on Monday. Despite it being virtual there were some fireworks. “If you want to know how Jahana Hayes is voting just go to Nancy Pelosi dot-com,” said David X. Sullivan, the Republican candidate for Congress. Hayes has...

Jahana Hayes, who represents Connecticut’s 5th District, faced off against Republican challenger David X. Sullivan and independent Bruce Walczak in a debate hosted by the League of Women Voters.

Congresswoman Jahana Hayes spoke exclusively with NBC Connecticut Wednesday, 10 days after testing positive with COVID-19. The congresswoman said each of the days since she got the virus have been different, presenting physical challenges she never expected to face, given her otherwise good health. “I am a healthy woman. I don’t have asthma or breathing issues so to just experience…

Rep. Jahana Hayes talked with NBC Connecticut about how she is doing after being diagnosed with COVID-19.

Congresswoman Jahana Hayes is sharing her experience after testing positive for COVID-19. Hayes tested positive on Sunday. On Saturday, she had said she was is in quarantine after one of her staffers, who she was in close contact with, tested positive for COVID-19. In a tweet Monday, Hayes shared a journal entry describing how she is fairing. “Tossed and turned…

Congresswoman Jahana Hayes has tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. On Saturday, she had said she was is in quarantine after one of her staffers, who she was in close contact with, tested positive for COVID-19. Hayes said she was notified of the positive test of her staffer on Saturday. The congresswoman said she was asymptomatic except for breathing issues,…

Congresswoman Jahana Hayes is in quarantine after one of her staffers, who she was in close contact with, tested positive for COVID-19. Hayes said she was notified of the positive test on Saturday. The congresswoman said she is asymptomatic and is awaiting an appointment to get tested for the virus. Hayes said she has been to both her Connecticut and…

NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci says as we do more indoor things in the Fall, we are likely to see an uptick in COVID-19.

Congresswoman Jahana Hayes joined the governor’s news conference to share her thoughts on the death of George Floyd and the calls for action and justice that have followed.

Governor Ned Lamont is hosting a coronavirus town hall with Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary and Congresswoman Jahana Hayes on Sunday. The town hall is expected to begin at 4 p.m. Mayor O’Leary said the town hall will begin with an update and then residents will be encouraged to ask questions. It will be livestreamed on Gov. Lamont’s Facebook page...

The number of coronavirus cases in the state continues to rise as officials try to prepare for a peak.

The father of one of the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre took his own life Monday morning at Edmond Town Hall, in Newtown, according to police.

Emotions ran high Friday night, as family, friends, firefighters, classmates, and neighbors stood just steps away from where a fatal house fire took the lives of two brothers on Sunday.

During an interview on NBC Connecticut’s Face the Facts with Max Reiss, Rep. Jahana Hayes walked back a comment she made about President Donald Trump during her interview with Rolling Stone Magazine.

Just days into his own term as Connecticut’s 89th Governor, Ned Lamont helped to welcome Ella Briggs to her new position as the state’s kid governor.

Ella Briggs ran on the platform Pride Hope Love and wants to be a voice for the LGBTQ community.