Press Releases

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• 4/11/2014 Gov. Malloy: State Workforce Training Program Creates More Than 2,200 Jobs

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that with more than 2,200 new employees hired under the state’s Subsidized Training and Employment Program (“Step Up”), the job creation initiative has now helped more than 700 employers fill well-paying jobs and expand their workforce.

• 4/11/2014 Gov. Malloy Statement on Kathleen Sebelius

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding the resignation of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

• 4/1/2014 Gov. Malloy Statement on Committee Approval of Proposed State Revenue Changes

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement in response to the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee’s approval this afternoon of his proposed state revenue changes.

• 4/14/2014 Gov. Malloy Statement on Selection of Hartford as Host City for the AAC 2015 Men's Basketball Tournament

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding the American Athletic Conference’s selection of Hartford as the host city for the 2015 men’s basketball tournament.

• 4/28/2014 Gov. Malloy Statement on the Revised Metro-North Schedule for the New Haven Line

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today issued the following statement on Metro-North Railroad’s and the railroad’s parent company, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, approval of a revised commuter rail schedule for the New Haven Line in Connecticut. Metro-North’s new schedule will take effect Sunday, May 11, 2014.

• 4/3/2014 Gov. Malloy: Town of Berlin Awarded $500k STEAP Grant

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Town of Berlin has been awarded a $500,000 Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) grant for the Train Station Boulevard project as part of the town’s downtown revitalization efforts.

• 4/18/2014 Gov. Malloy Unveils Plan to Increase Support for Legal Aid Services for Low-Income Residents

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today visited New Haven Legal Assistance Association to highlight a legislative proposal he introduced to increase access to legal aid services for low-income citizens and to secure a funding structure that continues Connecticut’s efforts to combat the Civil Justice Gap.

• 4/9/2014 Gov. Malloy: Victory Parade Honoring UConn Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams Set for This Sunday, April 13 in Hartford

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Hartford Business Improvement District will host a victory parade and rally in Hartford on Sunday, April 13 to congratulate the UConn Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams for winning their 2014 NCAA Basketball National Championships.

• 4/1/2014 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Makes Announcement on the Future of the Pfizer Site in Groton, Participates in Tourism Meeting, Attends Berlin Economic Development Event

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference to make an announcement about the future use of the Pfizer site in Groton.

• 4/8/2014 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Makes Agricultural Announcement

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference in Hartford to make an agricultural announcement.

• 4/15/2014 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Makes Announcement on Revitalizing Blighted Lands to Spur Economic Development

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference in Norwich to make an announcement regarding the release of state funding to revitalize and redevelop abandoned and blighted properties throughout the state in an effort to grow jobs and improve quality of life.

• 4/3/2014 Friday: Gov. Malloy Makes Higher Education Announcement in Norwalk, Participates in Playground Dedication Ceremony in Hartford

  On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference in Norwalk, where he will make an announcement regarding the expansion of higher education opportunities in the region that will encourage young adults to receive college degrees.

• 4/24/2014 Friday: Gov. Malloy Makes Major Preservation Announcement Impacting Land Along Long Island Sound, Attends Additional Events in Hartford & Greenwich

  On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference in Hartford, where he will make a major announcement concerning efforts to protect and conserve a large section of land along the coast of Long Island Sound in the towns of Essex, Old Saybrook and Westbrook.

• 4/16/2014 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman to Hold Community Forum With Seniors in Bloomfield on Tuesday, April 22

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today announced that they will hold a community forum with seniors in Bloomfield on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 22, giving them an opportunity to discuss their agenda for the future with state residents.

• 4/2/2014 Gov. Malloy: Agreement Reached to Turn Vacant Buildings into Bioscience Business Incubator, New State Data Center

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by state Department of Administrative Services (DAS) Commissioner Donald DeFronzo, state Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Catherine Smith, Head of Pfizer Pharmatherapeutics R&D Rod MacKenzie, PhD, representatives from Connecticut’s bioscience research organizations, and other state and local officials, today announced that an agreement has been reached to put two vacant buildings on Pfizer’s Groton campus back into productive reuse as a bioscience innovation center for Connecticut United for Research Excellence (CURE) and as a new DAS state data center.