Press Releases

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• 8/22/2011 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Meets with Commissioners, Continues Jobs Tour in New Haven and Shelton

  On Tuesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold his monthly meeting with the commissioners of each state agency, during which Department of Revenue Services Commissioner Kevin Sullivan and Department of Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi will each give presentations with updates on issues concerning their respective agencies.

• 8/22/2011 Today: Governor Malloy to Make Major Higher Education Announcement

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy will make a major higher education announcement today at 3:30.

• 8/11/2011 Friday: Gov. Malloy Attends Gaylord Hospital Solar Panel Ceremony in Wallingford

  On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will give remarks at a ceremony to congratulate Gaylord Hospital of Wallingford on a grant from the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund that will help build a Solar Thermal Hot Water heating system providing two-thirds of the hospital’s domestic hot water needs using solar energy. Gaylord is the first hospital in the state to commit to this alternative energy project that will help reduce the hospital’s carbon emissions.

• 8/28/2011 Gov. Malloy: CT Insurance Department Ready to Help Residents with Hurricane Damage

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy toured hurricane-damaged areas in East Haven and West Haven, and urged Connecticut residents who experienced damage to their homes related to Hurricane Irene to document the damage carefully and call the state Insurance Department if they have any questions

• 8/28/2011 Gov. Malloy: Non-Essential State Employees to Report to work on Monday at 10 A.M., Essential Employees Report on Regular Schedule

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy directed non-essential state employees to report to work tomorrow, Monday, August 29, 2011 at 10 a.m., unless their work location is without power.

• 8/29/2011 Gov. Malloy Announces Business Assistance Program for Companies Affected by Hurricane Irene

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Commissioner Catherine Smith today announced a comprehensive business assistance program to help companies negatively impacted by Hurricane Irene.

• 8/22/2011 Gov. Malloy Appoints Dr. Robert Kennedy as Interim President of Board of Regents of Higher Education

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today appointed Dr. Robert Kennedy, immediate past president of the University of Maine, as the Interim President of the Board of Regents of Higher Education, a new system, which includes the four state universities (Central, Eastern, Southern and Western) as well as the community college system and Charter Oak State College, the state’s online college.

• 8/15/2011 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Continues Jobs Tour at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford

  Continuing his Jobs Tour, on Tuesday afternoon Governor Dannel P. Malloy along with Department of Economic & Community Development Commissioner Catherine Smith will visit Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford for a private tour of the facilities immediately followed by a press conference.

• 8/19/2011 Gov. Malloy Appoints Naomi Cohen as Chair of the Board of Trustees for Community-Technical Colleges

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today appointed Naomi Cohen as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Community-Technical Colleges. Cohen will serve as Chairman of the Board through December 31, 2011. Cohen, who lives in Bloomfield, is a former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives and the former House chairman of the General Assembly’s Education Committee.

• 8/31/2011 Gov. Malloy Asks Residents, Businesses to Report Damage from Hurricane Irene to 2-1-1

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today urged all state residents and business owners who experienced property damage from Hurricane Irene to report those damages to the state’s free Infoline, 2-1-1, or online at www.211ct.org. The collection of this data will be used to help prepare the state’s request for a disaster declaration from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

• 8/28/2011 Gov. Malloy, LG Wyman View Storm Damage, Visit Shelters in East Haven, West Haven

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman will view storm damage and visit Connecticut residents who have sought shelter in West Haven and East Haven.

• 8/25/2011 Gov. Malloy Closes State Parks, Campgrounds in Advance of Hurricane Irene

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that all Connecticut State Parks will close at sunset on Saturday due to the approach of Hurricane Irene and that all state park campgrounds will close at noon on Saturday unless weather conditions dictate an earlier closing. State Parks and campgrounds will remain closed until further notice.

• 8/8/2011 Gov. Malloy on What Standard & Poor’s Downgrade of National Debt Means to Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement on what Standard & Poor’s downgrade of our country’s debt means to Connecticut.

• 8/27/2011 Gov. Malloy Orders Flags to Full Staff

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy ordered the Connecticut and U.S. flags returned to full staff at sunset today.

• 8/10/2011 Gov. Malloy Orders Flags to Half Staff for Chief Petty Officer Brian Bill

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today ordered the Connecticut and U.S. flags to fly at half staff in honor of Stamford resident Chief Petty Officer Brian Bill, who was killed in action in Afghanistan over the weekend.