Press Releases

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• 2/10/2012 Saturday: Gov. Malloy Visits Discovery Museum's 50th Anniversary Event in Bridgeport

  On Saturday afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will stop by the Discovery Museum and Planetarium’s 50th Anniversary event, where he will visit with students from nine high schools who are competing in the museum’s Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.

• 2/8/2012 Thursday: Gov. Malloy Visits Meriden Elementary School to Promote His Education Reform Agenda

  On Thursday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will visit Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Meriden, where he will tour the school and promote his comprehensive proposal for bold reform of the state’s education system with the city’s education administrators and local and state officials.

• 2/8/2012 Gov. Malloy: Time for "A Full-Scale Economic Revival"

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today outlined an overarching vision for Connecticut that maintains recent efforts to stabilize the state’s finances and continues to pursue the job creation policies that have begun to spur economic growth. The Governor also announced the final part of his education reform agenda – an overhaul of the state’s tenure system so that it rewards quality teachers, not just those who have been in the profession the longest.

• 2/8/2012 Gov. Malloy Announces an Additional $50 Million in ECS Funding

  As part of his proposal to reform education from early childhood through college, Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced an additional $50 million in Educational Cost Sharing (ECS) funding to schools.

• 2/7/2012 Gov. Malloy Proposes to Enhance Education Profession

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today rolled out another component of his 2012 education reform package—initiatives designed to better support Connecticut’s teachers and attract top candidates to the field.

• 2/7/2012 Gov. Malloy Proposes Eliminating 25 State Boards and Commissions to Reduce Overlap, Shrink Government

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced a proposal to eliminate 25 of the state’s 258 boards and commissions to which he can make appointments to reduce overlap and shrink the size of government.

• 2/7/2012 Wednesday: Governor Malloy Delivers State of the State

  On Wednesday at noon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will deliver his State of the State address to a joint session of the Connecticut General Assembly, where he will reveal the details of his fiscal year 2013 midterm budget proposal.

• 2/7/2012 Gov. Malloy Welcomes Restoration of State Crime Lab's Accreditation

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today welcomed news that the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors restored accreditation to the state’s crime lab following improvements made during the last six months to alleviate the backlog of cases that stretched over a period of years.

• 2/6/2012 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy News Conference on Next Component of Education Reform Package

  On Tuesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will host a news conference at Central Connecticut State University to discuss the next component in his package of legislative proposals to reform the state’s education system.

• 2/6/2012 Gov. Malloy: Public Schools of Choice Must be an Integral Partner in Reaching Hard-to-Serve Student Populations

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced a proposal to support and expand public schools of choice in Connecticut and strengthen their role in improving educational opportunities for students in need.

• 2/6/2012 Gov. Malloy Rolls Out Education Reform Package to Improve Low-Achieving Schools

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy joined Lieutenant Governor Wyman, Department of Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra, and Hartford Superintendent Christina Kishimoto at SAND Elementary School in Hartford today to announce the Governor’s legislative proposals to address low-achieving schools and improve education statewide.

• 2/5/2012 Monday: Gov. Malloy Keynotes Criminal Justice Symposium, Holds News Conference on Latest Education Reform Proposal

  On Monday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will be the keynote speaker at the 7th annual John Jay College/Guggenheim Symposium on Crime in America, where he will highlight to a national audience the state’s efforts to improve public safety and promote justice.

• 2/3/2012 Gov. Malloy: Vo-Tech Schools a Crucial Component of Increasing Job Readiness

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he will propose legislation to make changes to the Connecticut Technical High School System (CTHSS) that will tailor programming to the needs of employers, so that students are better prepared for real-world employment when they graduate. The plan will set high standards for students and for the schools, and would be benchmarked against national and global models in the area of vocational and technical training. The Governor will ask the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Board of Regents, Department of Labor and Department of Economic and Community Development to lead the process.

• 2/2/2012 Gov. Malloy: Improving Quality of and Access to Early Childhood Education Key to Our Children's Future Success

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today proposed the investment of $12 million to continue his administration’s effort to improve the quality of and expand access to early childhood education and care across the state. The new initiative will increase slots, improve teacher training and create a rating system that will allow families to choose the best program for their children.

• 2/1/2012 Thursday: Gov. Malloy Attends Pitney Bowes Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Attends Stamford Innovation Announcement, Holds News Conference on Early Childhood Education Proposal

  On Thursday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will join Pitney Bowes Chairman, President and CEO Murray Martin at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the company’s new Global Technology Center in Danbury.