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Press Releases

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11/7/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Enfield Correctional Institution to Close as Result of Declining Crime Rate and Prison Population
Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that as a result of the continuing decline in the state’s crime rate and the resulting drop in the prison population, the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) will be closing the Enfield Correctional Institution in early 2018. The closure of the building, which currently holds around 700 offenders who will be transferred to other facilities, will save the state approximately $6.5 million in annual operating costs.
11/9/2017 Gov. Malloy Appoints JoAnn Ryan to Serve as Chair of the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission
Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has appointed JoAnn Ryan of Torrington to serve as chairperson of the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission (CETC).
11/8/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Families on Care 4 Kids Wait List Can Now Apply for Child Care Support
Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that effective immediately, the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) has reopened the Care 4 Kids program and eligible families on the wait list can now begin to enroll for the state’s primary child care support.
11/14/2017 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Inclusion of Healthcare Mandate Repeal in Senate Republican Tax Plan
Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements regarding the plan by Senate Republicans to include in their tax package a repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement that most people have health insurance.
11/9/2017 Gov. Malloy: State Launches New Website and Mobile App to Better Connect Veterans to the Benefits and Services They Have Earned
Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that, as residents across the nation are preparing to celebrate Veterans Day, the State of Connecticut has debuted two new digital initiatives to assist the more than 200,000 veterans who live in the state in an effort to better connect veterans with the information on benefits and services that are available – a redesigned website for the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), and a newly launched smartphone app.
11/13/2017 Gov. Malloy: State Experiences Surge in Riders Utilizing the Recently Expanded CTtransit Bus Service Connecting UConn’s Campuses
Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the state’s recently expanded CTtransit bus route providing UConn students, faculty, and staff the ability to connect – for the first time ever – to the main UConn campus in Storrs, the downtown Hartford UConn campus, and UConn Health in Farmington via public transit is experiencing a surge in ridership, having served over 32,000 passenger trips since its launch on August 13.
11/6/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Opening of New Train Station in Wallingford That Will Serve the Hartford Line
Governor Dannel P. Malloy today joined Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Commissioner James P. Redeker and numerous federal, state, and local officials to celebrate the grand opening of the newly constructed train station in Wallingford. Located at 343 North Cherry Street, the station will immediately begin providing service to existing Amtrak trains and soon will begin serving trains on the CTrail Hartford Line, the passenger rail service currently under construction and scheduled to launch in the middle of next year that will provide commuters with more frequent train service between New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield.
11/16/2017 Gov. Malloy Leads Briefing With Local Mayors on Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands Hurricane Efforts
11/16/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on Lt. Governor Wyman’s Decision to Not Seek Higher Office
Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman’s decision to not seek higher office.
11/10/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces ‘Q Bridge’ to be Lit Red, White, and Blue for Veterans Day
Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in New Haven – informally known as the Q Bridge – will be lit red, white, and blue on the nights of Friday, November 10 and Saturday, November 11, in observation of Veterans Day. Beacons capable of projecting light nearly six miles into the clear night sky will be lit until 1:00 a.m. during those nights.
11/17/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces $2 Million in Funding to Continue State’s Successful Electric Vehicle Consumer Rebate Program
Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State of Connecticut is continuing to strengthen efforts to promote the sale of electric vehicles (EVs) with the release of $2 million in additional funding to continue its widely popular consumer rebate program.
11/18/2017 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Agreement Reached Between Anthem and Hartford HealthCare
Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements in response to the agreement reached overnight between Hartford HealthCare and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
11/20/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces $13.6 Million in Funding to Remediate and Revitalize Blighted Properties in Connecticut
Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that $13.6 million in state funding will be awarded to 14 municipalities across Connecticut to assess, remediate and revitalize blighted properties in their communities – also known as “brownfields” – and put them back into productive use. The projects encompass 89 acres of redevelopment.
11/21/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on the FCC’s Proposal to Repeal Net Neutrality Rules
Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding a proposal by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to repeal net neutrality rules and give internet providers broad powers to determine what websites their customers can use.
11/22/2017 Gov. Malloy’s 2017 Thanksgiving Message
Governor Dannel P. Malloy today shared the following Thanksgiving message with the residents of Connecticut.

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