COMING SUNDAY

News: As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released new guidelines for reopening schools, several school districts in the area are moving to phased-in, in-person learning or are considering it. School officials say mitigation strategies, such as mask-wearing and hand-washing, have worked this year in schools, but they will continue to monitor the health data and build flexibility into their plans to shift to a different learning model if COVID-19 cases climb. Some districts, however, are still assessing the situation and face issues, such as costs and the need for more space in their facilities. Meanwhile, the Connecticut Education Association is calling for educators to be vaccinated now.

Daybreak: On a February day when the air is chilled and the ground is adrift with snow, most folks long to hunker down indoors. Howard Park and Lisa Miceli venture out. Both are artists, and they gather accouterments from their studio inside Stonington’s Velvet Mill and tromp off in search of a captivating place to paint.

Business: Will the Biden administration succeed in enacting a much higher federal minimum wage — and should it? Economists have argued the merits of minimum wage hikes for years.

Perspective: Was Rush Limbaugh the voice of conservatism, and his death a great loss to the movement? Or did he pull the Republican Party away from true conservatism and launch a new age of sophistry, alternative realities, outage and grievance? In Sunday’s Perspective section, conservatives debate his legacy.