Press Releases

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• 5/7/2013 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Speaks at Emergency Management Symposium, Attends Three Rivers Community College Anniversary Celebration

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will give welcoming remarks at 8th annual Connecticut Emergency Management Symposium in Cromwell.

• 5/24/2013 Weekend: Gov. Malloy Participates in Memorial Day Ceremonies in Wethersfield, Newington, Enfield & Danbury

  On Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will participate in Memorial Day ceremonies in Wethersfield, Newington, Enfield and Danbury.

• 2/28/2017 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on President Trump's Address to Congress

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements regarding President Donald Trump’s address this evening to a joint session of Congress.

• 3/1/2017 Gov. Malloy Introduces Legislation to Prevent the State’s Adult Prisons from Becoming Crime Schools for the Young

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has submitted a legislative proposal to the Connecticut General Assembly with the goal of further reducing the state’s decreasing crime rate by making a systemic distinction – when appropriate – in how young adults within the justice system are treated in order to provide them with the support services they need to succeed in life instead of being mixed into the adult offender population, which too often can be the first step on a path toward a life of crime.

• 3/2/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on the Announcement that President Obama is the Recipient of the 2017 JFK Profile in Courage Award

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding the announcement made today by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation that President Barack Obama will be the recipient of the 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

• 3/3/2017 Gov. Malloy Activates State’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol from Friday Evening Through Sunday Morning

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that in anticipation of temperatures over the next couple of days that are forecast to be in the single digits and wind chills potentially below zero, he is activating the state’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 3, 2017, and remaining in effect through 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 5.

• 3/6/2017 Gov. Malloy & Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on President Trump’s Second Travel Ban

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements regarding the second executive order President Trump signed banning travel from certain countries.

• 3/7/2017 Gov. Malloy Urges Federal Railroad Administration to Focus Northeast Rail Corridor Investments toward Achieving a ‘State of Good Repair’

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy is urging the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to table consideration of any new alignment of tracks on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) through Connecticut and instead focus its investments – which he says are long overdue – on maintaining the corridor in a “state of good repair.”

• 3/10/2017 Gov. Malloy and Dept. of Public Health Unveil Springtime Awareness Campaign Aimed at Travelers Heading to Areas Affected by Zika Virus

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) Commissioner Dr. Raul Pino today announced the launch of a new springtime public awareness campaign aimed at warning travelers heading to the Caribbean and other areas where the Zika virus is being actively transmitted about the risk of contracting the virus. Television and radio ads in both English and Spanish that target college students on spring break and other travelers began airing statewide and online on February 27 and will run through the end of March.

• 3/13/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Opening of State’s New Corrections Unit Exclusively for Young Adult Offenders

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) Commissioner Scott Semple today announced that the DOC has opened a new unit at the Cheshire Correctional Institution that will house offenders between the ages of 18 to 25 with the goal of preventing these young adults who have committed nonviolent crimes from beginning a life of crime and returning to prison.

• 3/13/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Impact of Trumpcare on Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that according to a new analysis of the impact on the State of Connecticut of the Republicans’ American Health Care Act – also known as Trumpcare – healthcare coverage for tens of thousands of state residents could be threatened, and as much as $1 billion in annual costs would be added to the state at full implementation after 2020.

• 3/14/2017 Gov. Malloy: Third-Shift, Nonessential State Employees Should Not Report to Work Tuesday Evening

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that all third-shift, nonessential state employees should not report to work later this evening – Tuesday, March 14, 2017 – due to the ongoing winter storm.

• 3/14/2017 Gov. Malloy Lifts Statewide Travel Ban Effective at 5PM Today, Encourages Residents to Remain Off Roads if Possible

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced this afternoon that the travel ban on state roads that went into effect early this morning will be lifted effective at 5:00 p.m. today, but he is still urging motorists to stay off the roads if possible this evening as conditions remain treacherous.

• 3/15/2017 Gov. Malloy: State Offices Open Today, All State Employees Should Report to Work as Scheduled

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced that state offices will be open today, following clean-up from the major winter storm that impacted the state yesterday. All state employees should report to work as regularly scheduled.

• 3/15/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on Federal Court Order Blocking Travel Ban

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement in response to a federal court ruling blocking implementation of President Trump’s executive order regarding refugees and immigration.