Press Releases

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• 4/8/2014 Today: Gov. Malloy & Lt. Gov. Wyman Attend Arrival of UConn Men's Basketball Team

  This afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman will greet the 2014 NCAA Men’s Basketball National Champion UConn Huskies team as their plane lands at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks.

• 4/16/2014 Thursday: Gov. Malloy Makes Economic Development Announcement in Danbury, Discusses Transportation in Berlin, Attends Military Memorial Groundbreaking in Middletown

  On Thursday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference in Danbury to make an economic development announcement that will create hundreds of jobs in the state.

• 4/17/2014 Gov. Malloy's Common Core Taskforce to Meet in Cromwell, Hear Presentation on Best Practices

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Educators’ Common Core Implementation Taskforce is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, April 23, at Cromwell High School, 1 Donald Harris Drive in Cromwell.

• 4/9/2014 Gov. Malloy: State Will Extend Emissions Due Date and Waive Late Fees for Certain Vehicles Subject to General Motors Recall

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Commissioner Melody A. Currey today announced that DMV is extending the emissions due date and waiving late fees for applicable vehicles involved in the recent General Motors (GM) recall.

• 4/16/2014 Gov. Malloy: Election to Fill Vacancy for Probate Judge in Coventry, Mansfield, Tolland & Willington to be Held This Fall

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that an election to fill a vacancy for Judge of Probate for the Tolland-Mansfield Probate District, which is comprised of Coventry, Mansfield, Tolland and Willington, will be held during the next general election on Tuesday, November 4, 2014.

• 4/22/2014 Gov. Malloy Declares Connecticut a "Range Confident" State for Drivers of Electric Vehicles

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that with a growing network of publicly available charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs), Connecticut can now be considered a “range confident” state, giving drivers more confidence than ever before that they can recharge their batteries when needed.

• 4/1/2014 Gov. Malloy: “Electric Supplier Consumers’ Bill of Rights” Will Create New Consumer Protections in Electric Supplier Market

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Attorney General George Jepsen, Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz and Senate President Pro Tempore Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D-Brooklyn) today detailed a package of legislative proposals – the “Electric Supplier Consumers’ Bill of Rights” – that seeks to address the growing number of consumer complaints about spiking prices, deceptive practices and lack of disclosure about rates and contract terms in Connecticut’s electric supplier market.

• 4/9/2014 Gov. Malloy, Connecticut House Delegation Call for Immediate Vote on Unemployment Compensation Extension

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and the Connecticut House delegation have each written letters to federal officials urging immediate action to be taken on legislation extending Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC).

• 4/29/2014 Gov. Malloy: Conn. Officials Praise U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Interstate Air Pollution Rule

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Energy & Environmental Commissioner Robert Klee today praised a U.S. Supreme Court decision that upholds the federal Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to control interstate air pollution and assist downwind states – like Connecticut – in achieving air quality standards.

• 4/29/2014 Gov. Malloy Applauds Senate Passage of the Electric Supplier Consumers' "Bill of Rights"

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today issued the following statement concerning Senate Passage of S.B. 2, “An Act Concerning Electric Customer Consumer Protection and Clarifying the Property Tax Exemption for Certain Solar Thermal or Geothermal Renewable Energy Sources.”

• 4/24/2014 Gov. Malloy Applauds Senate Passage of Bill Banning the Sale of E-Cigarettes to Minors

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today applauded the State Senate’s approval of a bill he introduced that prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes and other devices to minors and strengthens Connecticut’s anti-smoking laws.

• 4/1/2014 Gov. Malloy Applauds Committee for Making College More Affordable and Accessible

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement in response to the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee’s approval this afternoon of his plan to invest in “Transform CSCU 2020” and his “CHET Baby Scholars” initiative, which is designed to make it easier for Connecticut families to save for college.

• 4/25/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces Plan to Protect 1,000 Acres Along Long Island Sound as Open Space

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced today a plan for the state to play a major role in purchasing and protecting as open space a 1,000-acre parcel along Long Island Sound known as The Preserve, which is located in the towns of Old Saybrook, Essex and Westbrook.

• 4/9/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces Agreement to Help Protect Connecticut's Working Farms

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Connecticut Department of Agriculture Commissioner Steven K. Reviczky, and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) State Conservationist Lisa Coverdale today announced an agreement that will allow Connecticut to utilize more than $8 million in federal funds to keep farmland in agricultural production.

• 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.