Press Releases

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• 2/1/2016 Gov. Malloy Renews Calls to Constitutionally Protect Transportation Funds

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today joined a group of transportation advocates and state and local officials at the site of the train station located in downtown Meriden, where he renewed his calls to adopt a constitutional amendment to protect revenue that goes into the Special Transportation Fund.  That amendment would ensure that once funds become a dedicated investment by going into the fund, that they can never be removed.

• 2/4/2016 Gov. Malloy to Partially Activate State Emergency Operations Center at Midnight

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy will partially activate the state's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at midnight tonight to monitor storm conditions across the state and prepare for winter weather that could potentially impact travel Friday morning.

• 10/13/2016 Gov. Malloy Statement on Sandy Hook Court Ruling

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement in response to a Connecticut Superior Court judge's dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims

• 10/2/2016 Gov. Malloy Announces Opportunities to Remediate and Revitalize Brownfields in Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is now accepting applications for its 10th round of competitive grant funding that will provide up to $5 million to remediate and redevelop brownfield sites throughout the state.

• 10/3/2016 Gov. Malloy Announces $55 Million in Funding to Advance Development of Affordable Housing Across the State

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Connecticut Department of Housing (DOH) Commissioner Evonne M. Klein, and Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) Executive Director Karl F. Kilduff today announced that the State of Connecticut is awarding over $55 million in loans and grants, leveraged with significant investments from the private sector, that will help fund 13 affordable housing developments in 11 towns and cities across the state.

• 10/2/2016 Gov. Malloy Urges AAA Northeast to Reconsider Decision on Driver Licensing Services for Non-Members

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy is urging AAA Northeast to reconsider its decision to discontinue offering driver licensing services for people who are not members of its motor club, a new policy that the company indicated in a letter to the state that they plan on implementing shortly.

• 10/5/2016 Gov. Malloy Announces Henkel Corporation Moving Headquarters Across the Country and Creating Hundreds of Jobs in Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy is applauding the decision of Germany-based Henkel Corporation to relocate its Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care headquarters across the country from Arizona to Stamford, Connecticut, where the company plans on expanding in a $50 million project that will create up to 266 new jobs in the state.

• 10/26/2016 Gov. Malloy Announces Statewide Emergency Preparedness Drill to be Held October 29 and November 2

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State of Connecticut will conduct a two-day statewide emergency preparedness drill designed to simulate a major ice storm on Saturday, October 29 and Wednesday, November 2, 2016. Coordinated by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection's (DESPP) Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS), and involving the state government, local governments, and utility companies, the exercise is designed, among other things, to improve communication among the state's partners during emergency situations.

• 10/4/2016 Gov. Malloy Announces Funding to Upgrade the DMV Customer Contact Center

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State Bond Commission has approved funding to upgrade and improve the Department of Motor Vehicles' (DMV) outdated customer contact center into a modernized system that will give customers even more convenient options when conducting business in an effort to decrease the amount of time customers may often experience on hold when making telephone calls to the center.

• 10/18/2016 Gov. Malloy Asks FEMA to Participate in State's Efforts to Assist Homeowners with Crumbling Foundations

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has submitted a request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), asking the agency to establish a field office in northeastern Connecticut that would conduct a preliminary damage assessment for the purpose of determining the extent and impact of the approximately 34,130 homes in the area with foundations that are at risk of crumbling and actually collapsing due to what the state believes is the result of a natural disaster, according to the result of information obtained over the course of its investigation into this ongoing situation.

• 10/26/2016 Gov. Malloy Nominates Katie Dykes to Serve as a Commissioner of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has nominated Katie Dykes of West Hartford to serve as a Commissioner of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA).

• 10/6/2016 Gov. Malloy and Legislative Leaders Announce Agreement on the Old State House

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and leaders of the Connecticut General Assembly today announced that an agreement has been reached that will maintain responsibility for the Old State House with the General Assembly's Office of Legislative Management (OLM) in order to better secure the future of that historic Hartford building.

• 10/5/2016 Gov. Malloy Receives Strategic Plan on Battling the Opioid Epidemic

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today received the final report and strategic plan on fighting the opioid epidemic that he commissioned earlier this summer in an effort to develop a succinct, prioritized, three-year strategy on behalf of the State of Connecticut that will help further prevent addiction and overdoses, which states around the country have experienced an increase in over the last several years.

• 10/8/2016 Gov. Malloy Statement on the Teamsters Union Vote

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement following today's vote by the Teamsters Union 1150 approving a new agreement with Lockheed Martin:

• 10/6/2016 Gov. Malloy: Flags to Fly Half-Staff Sunday in Recognition of National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that - in accordance with a proclamation from President Barack Obama and Public Law 107-51 - U.S. and state flags in Connecticut will be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, October 9, 2016, in recognition of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service, an annual observance honoring the sacrifices of fallen firefighters throughout the country.