Press Releases

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• 6/16/2014 Gov. Malloy: Connecticut to Receive Nearly $8 Million in Federal Funding to Enhance Storm Resiliency

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that Connecticut will receive $7.97 million in federal competitive matching grants for four projects designed to make local communities more resilient against future storms.

• 6/16/2014 Gov. Malloy Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Concerning "Straw" Purchases of Guns

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement in response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling concerning “straw” purchases of guns.

• 6/15/2014 Monday: Gov. Malloy Signs Port Authority Legislation in New London, Attends Other Events in Waterford and Groton

  On Monday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will participate in the grand opening ceremony for the Charter Oak Federal Credit Union’s new headquarters in Waterford.

• 6/13/2014 Gov. Malloy Signs Legislation to Advance Revitalization Projects Around the State

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary and other state and local officials, today held a bill signing ceremony for legislation that implements a series of improvements to the state’s brownfield programs, as recommended by the General Assembly’s Brownfield Working Group, an eleven member task force created to examine the remediation and redevelopment of brownfields in Connecticut.

• 6/13/2014 Saturday: Gov. Malloy Makes Announcement on Free Summer Meals for Children, Attends Other Events in Hartford and New Haven

  On Saturday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will greet visitors attending the open house at the Governor’s Residence in Hartford.

• 6/13/2014 Gov. Malloy: Governor's Residence Open for Public Tours Saturday from 10AM to 2PM

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Governor’s Residence will be participating in the state’s 10th annual Connecticut Open House Day and will be open to the public for tours from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 14, 2014.

• 6/12/2014 Gov. Malloy Statement on MTA 100-Day Action Plan

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today issued the following statement regarding the release of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s 100-Day Action Plan.

• 6/12/2014 Friday: Gov. Malloy Signs Legislation to Advance Revitalization Projects Around the State

  On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a bill signing ceremony in Waterbury to commemorate the approval of legislation that promotes the restoration of vacant and blighted properties across the state for a return to productive uses.

• 6/12/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces Resignation of State Victim Advocate Garvin Ambrose

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has received communication from Garvin G. Ambrose, the state’s Victim Advocate, indicating his intention to resign from the position effective July 18, 2014.

• 6/12/2014 Gov. Malloy: State Receives Federal Grant to Improve Upon Quality and Availability of Workforce Data

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Connecticut Department of Labor has been awarded $823,791 in federal funding that will be used to continue efforts to build a database linking workforce and education data.

• 6/11/2014 Thursday: Gov. Malloy Attends Events in Simsbury, New Haven, Cromwell and Hartford

  On Thursday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman will participate in a groundbreaking ceremony in Simsbury to commemorate a housing facility being developed by the Connecticut Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society that will become the first supportive, affordable and accessible independent living apartment complex in the region for individuals living with multiple sclerosis.

• 6/11/2014 Gov. Malloy Signs Legislation Eliminating Nearly 1,000 Pages of State Regulations

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today signed legislation he proposed earlier this year that will eliminate nearly a thousand pages of state regulations that have been identified as obsolete, duplicative, excessively burdensome, or otherwise ineffective or unnecessary, in a major effort to make Connecticut’s regulations more streamlined, readable and user-friendly for citizens, especially small businesses.

• 6/11/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces Allocation of Pre-K Opportunities Across Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Commissioner of the Office of Early Childhood, Dr. Myra Jones-Taylor, and local officials, this morning announced the allocation of 1,020 additional School Readiness opportunities for low-income children in 46 towns and cities throughout Connecticut.

• 6/10/2014 Gov. Malloy: Funding Will Improve Public Safety Radio Communications Across the State

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection’s (DESPP) will receive nearly the $7.2 million in state funding to provide a technology upgrade to state public safety radio system.

• 6/10/2014 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Announces Allocation of Over 1,000 New Pre-Kindergarten Opportunities Across the State

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference in Meriden to announce details of the allocation of over 1,000 additional high-quality preschool opportunities for children of low-income families in school districts across Connecticut, which are being created as the result of legislation the Governor signed last month.