Press Releases

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• 3/24/2014 Gov. Malloy: Let's Graduate as Many Students as Possible

  Joined by Mayor Bill Finch, higher education officials, students and legislators, Governor Dannel P. Malloy today visited Housatonic Community College where he discussed his plan to increase college completion rates in the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) System.

• 3/24/2014 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Reminds Residents of Impending Health Care Deadline, Participates in Minimum Wage Event, Holds Community Forum in Enfield

  On Tuesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, and Access Health CT CEO Kevin Counihan will hold a news conference in East Hartford to remind residents about the impending March 31 deadline to sign up for affordable health care through Access Health CT, Connecticut’s health care exchange.

• 3/24/2014 Gov. Malloy: Investment in New Milford Brownfield Redevelopment Project Will Generate State and Local Economic Development and Jobs

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced the State Bond Commission at its next meeting is expected to approve $2.5 million in state funding to finance the town of New Milford’s demolition of the deteriorated former Century Brass mill site.

• 3/23/2014 Monday: Gov. Malloy Holds News Conference in Bridgeport on Efforts to Help Residents "Go Back to Get Ahead"

  On Monday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference in Bridgeport to discuss the “Go Back to Get Ahead” initiative he proposed that will help Connecticut residents who have left college without earning a degree with the tuition costs associated with returning to school, encouraging them to complete their higher education goals.

• 3/22/2014 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on the Passing of Lou Rell

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements regarding the passing of Lou Rell, husband of Connecticut’s 87th Governor M. Jodi Rell.

• 3/22/2014 Sunday: Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman March in Mystic Irish Parade

  On Sunday afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman will march in the 11th annual Mystic Irish Parade.

• 3/21/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces $9 Million in Nursing Home "Rebalancing" Grants

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that his administration is awarding $9 million in first-time funding to help Connecticut’s nursing home industry diversify services to meet the changing needs of older adults and other citizens with disabilities.

• 3/21/2014 Gov. Malloy's Common Core Taskforce to Hold First Meeting on Tuesday Afternoon

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Educators’ Common Core Implementation Taskforce will hold its first meeting on Tuesday, March 25, at the offices of the Department of Education, located at 25 Industrial Park Road in Middletown.

• 3/21/2014 Saturday: Gov. Malloy Attends Events in Cromwell, East Hartford, Hartford, Stratford, and Waterbury

  On Saturday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will speak at the opening ceremony of Downtown Hartford YMCA’s Mission in Motion Cycle-a-thon, which benefits the YMCA’s Strong Kids Campaign.

• 3/21/2014 Gov. Malloy: Both Business and Labor Groups Show Solid Support for UTC Agreement

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today highlighted testimony submitted to the state legislature by both business groups and labor groups in support of an agreement that the Governor reached last month with United Technologies Corporation that will ensure the aerospace company continues its strong presence in Connecticut and will have an impact on thousands of good-paying jobs in the state.

• 3/21/2014 Gov. Malloy Appoints Five to State Board of Accountancy

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is appointing five Connecticut residents to fill vacancies on the State Board of Accountancy, the panel responsible for licensing and regulating accountants in the state.

• 3/20/2014 Gov. Malloy Urges Legislature to Approve $25 Million to Help Shoreline Residents Prepare for Future Severe Weather and Flooding

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy is urging the Connecticut General Assembly to adopt legislation he introduced that will provide an authorization of up to $25 million to support the launch of the Shoreline Resiliency Fund – a low-interest loan program the Governor created late last year that will help residents who are subject to coastal flooding elevate their homes and flood-proof their businesses.

• 3/20/2014 Gov. Malloy: State Must "Preserve Our Agricultural Heritage and Help it Expand and Create Jobs"

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and state Department of Agriculture Commissioner Steven K. Reviczky today announced that more than 40 farms, agricultural non-profits and municipalities will receive state funding totaling $880,327 as part of an ongoing effort to expand Connecticut’s growing agricultural economy.

• 3/20/2014 Gov. Malloy Urges Religious Community to Speak With Congregants About Signing Up for Affordable Health Care

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman today asked leaders of Connecticut’s faith community to talk with their congregants this weekend, in advance of the final week of open enrollment for Access Health CT.

• 3/20/2014 Gov. Malloy Seeks to Eliminate Approximately 1,000 Pages of State Regulations

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is seeking to eliminate approximately 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.