Press Releases

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• 4/8/2014 Gov. Malloy and Gov. Pence Announce Friendly Wager on the Women's NCAA Championship Game

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has agreed to a friendly wager with Indiana Governor Mike Pence on the outcome of tonight’s UConn Huskies and Notre Dame Fighting Irish NCAA Women’s National Championship game.

• 4/8/2014 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Makes Agricultural Announcement

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference in Hartford to make an agricultural announcement.

• 4/8/2014 Gov. Malloy, Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Equal Pay Day

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements to recognize Equal Pay Day.

• 4/7/2014 Gov. Malloy's Common Core Taskforce to Meet on Wednesday in Cromwell

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Educators’ Common Core Implementation Taskforce is scheduled to hold its second meeting on Wednesday, April 9, at Cromwell High School, located at 1 Donald Harris Drive in Cromwell. The meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m. and will be held in library.

• 4/7/2014 Gov. Malloy and Gov. Beshear Announce Friendly Wager on the Men's NCAA Championship Game

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has agreed to a friendly wager with Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear on the outcome of tonight’s UConn Huskies and Kentucky Wildcats NCAA Men’s National Championship game.

• 4/7/2014 Gov. Malloy: Crime Victims Deserve to Have Their Rights Enforced

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is creating the Victims’ Rights Enforcement Advisory Commission – an expert panel of criminal justice and victim service professionals who will review policies, services, and victims’ rights in the state, and make specific recommendations in the areas of compliance with and enforcement of the constitutional and statutory rights of crime victims.

• 4/7/2014 Gov. Malloy: Lesson From Super Storm Sandy Connecticut’s Transportation Infrastructure Needs ‘Hardening’

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State of Connecticut is applying for $600 million in federal transportation funding to help cover the capital costs of three resiliency, or “hardening”, projects central to the commuter rail infrastructure of Connecticut. The federal funds will be matched with $200 million in state funds for various upgrade and replacement projects along the New Haven Line.

• 4/7/2014 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Speaks at Early Childhood Summit, Participates in YWCA Hartford Region Luncheon

  On Tuesday afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will speak at the Governor’s Pre-K to 3rd Grade Policy Symposium in Hartford, which is co-hosted by the Office of Governor Malloy and the Office of Early Childhood.

• 4/4/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces Collaboration With IBM to Launch State's First P-TECH Model School in Norwalk

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that Connecticut’s first Pathways in Technology Early College High School will open in Norwalk in September.

• 4/4/2014 Saturday: Gov. Malloy Speaks at Inauguration of New President of Connecticut College

  On Saturday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will speak at the inauguration of Katherine Bergeron as the 11th president of Connecticut College.

• 4/4/2014 Gov. Malloy: Let's Do Our Part to Help Young Children

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) are asking Connecticut residents and communities to come together for children during the Week of the Young Child, April 6-12, 2014. As part of the Week of the Young Child, Governor Malloy will be holding a Pre-K to 3rd Grade symposium at the Mark Twain House in Hartford on April 8.

• 4/3/2014 Gov. Malloy: One Year Later, Historic Gun Violence Prevention Bill is Making Connecticut Safer

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, together with legislative leaders and a wide array of gun violence prevention organizations, today commemorated the passage of SB1160, the historic legislation passed last year to curb the risk of gun violence.

• 4/3/2014 Gov. Malloy: Town of Berlin Awarded $500k STEAP Grant

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Town of Berlin has been awarded a $500,000 Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) grant for the Train Station Boulevard project as part of the town’s downtown revitalization efforts.

• 4/3/2014 Gov. Malloy, DEEP Commissioner Klee and Mayor Jackson Join Elementary School Students for Trout Stocking Event in Hamden

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Rob Klee, and Mayor Scott Jackson today joined first and fifth graders from Hamden’s Helen Street and Ridge Hill Schools for a trout stocking event at Lake Wintergreen in preparation for the opening day of trout fishing season on Saturday, April 19, 2014.

• 4/3/2014 Friday: Gov. Malloy Makes Higher Education Announcement in Norwalk, Participates in Playground Dedication Ceremony in Hartford

  On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference in Norwalk, where he will make an announcement regarding the expansion of higher education opportunities in the region that will encourage young adults to receive college degrees.