Press Releases

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• 2/12/2014 Today at 6PM: Gov. Malloy to Brief Media on Winter Storm from Emergency Operations Center

  Tonight at 6:02 p.m., Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news briefing at the State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Hartford to update residents on the impact of the snow storm forecasted to begin early tomorrow morning and continue throughout the day on Thursday.

• 2/12/2014 Gov. Malloy Orders Delayed Opening for State Offices Until 10AM

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy has ordered a delayed opening for state offices on Thursday morning until 10am for all nonessential state employees.

• 2/11/2014 Gov. Malloy Lays Out His Plan to End Veterans' Homelessness by 2015

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, veterans, veterans’ advocates and local, state and federal officials, today laid out several of his proposals aimed at combatting veterans’ homelessness and unemployment in Connecticut.

• 2/11/2014 Gov. Malloy: Connecticut Kicks Off 2014 Tourism Season

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the state Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) and its Office of Tourism released new tracking results that demonstrate the $22 million Statewide Tourism Marketing Fund investment over the course of 18 months has generated measurable gains in overall tourism spending to the state and has helped increase positive awareness of Connecticut as a place to visit.

• 2/11/2014 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Holds News Conference on Proposed Investments in State’s Higher Education System, Speaks at Southington Rotary Club Meeting

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference in Manchester to discuss his proposed launch of “Transform CSCU 2020.”

• 2/11/2014 Gov. Malloy Introduces Legislation Protecting Horse Owners and State's Associated Agriculture Industry

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has introduced legislation designed to protect horse owners and the state’s associated agriculture industry by clarifying into law that domesticated horses are not wild animals and as such as are not “inherently dangerous.”

• 2/10/2014 Gov. Malloy Statement on the Passing of Walter "Doc" Hurley

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy on Monday morning released the following statement regarding the passing of Walter ‘Doc’ Hurley, a legendary Hartford education and sports figure who dedicated his life to helping hundreds of students attend college.

• 2/10/2014 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Holds News Conference on Plan to Combat Veteran Homelessness, Attends Agriculture Meeting

  On Tuesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will attend a meeting of the Working Lands Alliance in Hartford, where the agriculture organization will discuss its 2014 policy priorities with the Governor.

• 2/10/2014 Access Health CT Surpasses Goal of 100,000 Enrollees Seven Weeks Ahead of Schedule

  Seven weeks ahead of schedule, Access Health CT (AHCT) today announced that it has surpassed its self-imposed goal of enrolling 100,000 Connecticut residents and small businesses in qualify, affordable health care coverage. The total number of enrollees stood at 121,983 as of close of business yesterday.

• 2/9/2014 Monday: Gov. Malloy Makes Health Insurance Exchange Announcement, Speaks at Granby Chamber Meeting

  On Monday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman and Access Health CT CEO Kevin Counihan will hold a news conference in New Haven to announce a major healthcare reform milestone.

• 2/9/2014 Gov. Malloy- SBA Economic Injury Loans Available in Hartford, Tolland and Litchfield Counties

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) federal economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes located in Hartford, Litchfield, and Tolland counties following a disaster declaration by the Secretary of Agriculture due to excessive moisture and heat in Massachusetts, from May 8, through October 20, 2013.

• 2/7/2014 Gov. Malloy: Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Can Keep Their Doctors Despite Changes to Provider Network

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that help is available to senior citizens affected by United Healthcare’s decision to drop doctors within the Yale-New Haven Health System from the company’s Medicare Advantage plans.

• 2/7/2014 Gov. Malloy: Let's Commit Connecticut to Achieving Universal Pre-K

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, legislative leaders, Executive Director of the Office of Early Childhood, Myra Jones-Taylor, State Department of Education Commissioner, Stefan Pryor, Mayor Scott Jackson and local officials, today detailed his plan to achieve universal access to pre-kindergarten in Connecticut.

• 2/6/2014 Gov. Malloy Congratulates Athletes from Connecticut Competing in 2014 Olympic Winter Games

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today congratulated the eight Connecticut athletes competing in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia and wished them the best in their competitions.

• 2/6/2014 Gov. Malloy Makes Commitment to Universal Pre-Kindergarten, College Affordability and Completion

  Addressing a joint session of the Connecticut General Assembly, Governor Dannel P. Malloy today unveiled a bold agenda aimed at continuing to grow Connecticut’s economy, ensuring that Connecticut working families share in the state’s emerging recovery, and making targeted investments to improve education and support students of all ages.