Press Releases

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• 11/1/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on the Retirement of Chief Justice Rogers

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding the announcement that Connecticut State Supreme Court Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers has elected to retire effective February 5, 2018.

• 10/30/2017 Gov. Malloy Signs Millstone Bill and Encourages Dominion’s Participation

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has signed Senate Bill 1501, An Act Concerning Zero Carbon Procurement, which was approved last week by the Connecticut General Assembly.

• 10/30/2017 Gov. Malloy: Five Years After Superstorm Sandy, Connecticut Has Made Significant Storm Resiliency Improvements

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and officials from across state government – on the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy – today highlighted the progress made over the last several years to strengthen resiliency and harden infrastructure from future potential storms, as severe weather has continued to severely impact our nation. Superstorm Sandy was one of the biggest natural disasters to hit Connecticut in more than 60 years, the Governor said.

• 10/30/2017 Gov. Malloy Signs Bipartisan Budget, Highlights Fully-Funded State Pensions and New Reforms to Strengthen Struggling Cities

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today signed into law the bipartisan budget agreement reached by members of the General Assembly, highlighting important reforms for strengthening Hartford and other cities, fully-funded state pensions, and other key initiatives championed by his administration. The Governor line-item vetoed appropriations in support of a new hospital tax proposal, citing its unsound legal basis in federal law, and urged lawmakers to pass the workable language his administration provided that will make the proposal legal and successful.

• 10/30/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on Today's Apparent Act of Terrorism in New York City

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement in reaction to today’s apparent act of terrorism in New York City.

• 10/29/2017 Gov. Malloy & Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Federal Court Rejection of President Trump’s Transgender Troop Ban

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements regarding the ruling released today by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia blocking President Trump’s order to ban transgender people from serving in the military.

• 10/23/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on Reported Rollback of Clean Energy Sweeps

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement on the reported rollback of sweeps impacting the Connecticut Green Bank, Clean Energy Fund Program and the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund.

• 10/18/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Connecticut’s Submission for Amazon’s Second Headquarters

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Commissioner Catherine Smith today unveiled the State of Connecticut’s proposal for Amazon’s second headquarters, which includes sites in the Hartford and Stamford regions. Last month, Amazon announced that it was seeking a site for a second headquarters – known as “Amazon HQ2” – in North America, which will create tens of thousands of additional jobs.

• 10/16/2017 Gov. Malloy Releases Actuarial Analysis of Prospective Pension Changes

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today responded to a memo from OPM Secretary Ben Barnes regarding an independent actuarial analysis that was produced by Cavanaugh Macdonald Consulting, LLC.

• 10/15/2017 Gov. Malloy Releases New, ‘Bare-Bones’ Budget Proposal

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released his fourth balanced budget proposal for the FY18-FY19 biennium. Built off the administration’s last compromise budget (House Bill 7501, as amended by Senate Amendment A), this new budget eliminates numerous tax increases, cuts additional spending, and pares down implementer language to focus only on structural changes and language that is actually necessary to implement the biennial budget.

• 10/12/2017 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Blast President Trump’s Latest Effort to Implement Trumpcare, Dismantle the Affordable Care Act

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements after President Trump announced that he plans today that he will end cost-reduction subsidy payments for the nation’s healthcare system in his latest efforts to enact Trumpcare through executive authority.

• 10/12/2017 Connecticut Joins Multistate Lawsuit Defending Affordable Care Act

  Connecticut today joined with 17 other states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit against the Trump Administration's decision to abruptly stop making healthcare cost-sharing reduction (CSR) subsidy payments required by the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) – a move that will put health coverage for more than six million Americans at risk while increasing costs, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• 10/11/2017 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on President Trump’s Efforts to Create Trumpcare by Executive Order

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements regarding President Trump’s efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act by creating Trumpcare through executive order.

• 10/9/2017 Gov. Malloy, Lt. Gov. Wyman and Commissioner Klee Condemn the Trump Administration’s Decision to Repeal the Clean Power Plan

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Rob Klee released the following statements regarding the announcement made by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt that the Trump administration has decided to repeal the Clean Power Plan.

• 10/6/2017 Gov. Malloy Directs Flags to Half-Staff Sunday in Recognition of National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that U.S. and state flags in Connecticut will be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, October 8, 2017, in recognition of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service, an annual observance honoring the sacrifices of fallen firefighters throughout the country. Accordingly, since no flag should fly higher than the U.S. flag, all other flags – including state, municipal, corporate, or otherwise – should also be lowered during this same duration of time.