Press Releases

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• 2/18/2014 Photo: Gov. Malloy Meets With Advocates Visiting Capitol to Support a Minimum Wage Increase

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy on Tuesday afternoon met in his office with a group of advocates who were visiting the State Capitol to testify at a public hearing of the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee in support of his proposal to increase the state’s minimum wage to $10.10 by 2017.

• 2/5/2014 Thursday: Gov. Malloy Delivers State of the State Address

  On Thursday at noon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will deliver his annual State of the State address to a joint session of the Connecticut General Assembly.

• 2/13/2014 Today at 5PM: Gov. Malloy Briefs Media on Winter Storm

  This afternoon at 5:02 p.m., Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news briefing at the State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Hartford to provide updates on today’s winter storm.

• 2/13/2014 Today at 8:32AM: Gov. Malloy Briefs Media on Winter Storm

  This morning at 8:32 a.m., Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news briefing at the State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Hartford to provide updates on today’s winter storm.

• 2/17/2014 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy and Secretary Merrill Make Major Voter Registration Announcement

  On Tuesday afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Secretary of the State Denise Merrill will hold a news conference at the State Capitol in Hartford to announce a major effort to modernize the voter registration process in Connecticut.

• 2/20/2014 Weekend: Gov. Malloy Attends National Governors Association Conference

  On Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will join a bipartisan group of the nation’s governors at the National Governors Association’s 2014 Winter Meeting in Washington, DC.

• 2/6/2014 Gov. Malloy Congratulates Athletes from Connecticut Competing in 2014 Olympic Winter Games

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today congratulated the eight Connecticut athletes competing in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia and wished them the best in their competitions.

• 2/7/2014 Gov. Malloy: Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Can Keep Their Doctors Despite Changes to Provider Network

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that help is available to senior citizens affected by United Healthcare’s decision to drop doctors within the Yale-New Haven Health System from the company’s Medicare Advantage plans.

• 2/18/2014 Gov. Malloy: ConnDOT Has Delivered Thousands of Tons of Road Salt to Replenish Municipal Supplies

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) has distributed nearly 5,000 tons of salt to 42 Connecticut cities and towns to replenish diminishing local supplies caused by an unusually harsh winter season.

• 2/11/2014 Gov. Malloy: Connecticut Kicks Off 2014 Tourism Season

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the state Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) and its Office of Tourism released new tracking results that demonstrate the $22 million Statewide Tourism Marketing Fund investment over the course of 18 months has generated measurable gains in overall tourism spending to the state and has helped increase positive awareness of Connecticut as a place to visit.

• 2/3/2014 Gov. Malloy: Expanding Rebate Program Will Help Thousands of Elderly Residents Stay in Their Homes

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, state Department of Aging Commissioner Edith Prague and state and local officials, today announced that he is proposing an increase of more than $6.5 million during the upcoming regular session of the General Assembly to expand Connecticut's Elderly Renters’ Rebate Program.

• 2/13/2014 Gov. Malloy Declares State of Emergency to Seek Federal Assistance in Obtaining Salt for Cities and Towns

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today declared a State of Emergency in an attempt for the state to pursue a request to the federal government to help some municipalities in Connecticut that are experiencing road salt shortages for the remainder of this winter season. Today's winter weather event is the twelfth of the season.

• 2/28/2014 Gov. Malloy: Federal Budget Must Maintain Personnel and Funding Levels for Army National Guard

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and 46 other governors from around the nation today sent a joint letter to President Barack Obama expressing their strong opposition to potential cuts to the Army National Guard, which were proposed as part of the U.S. Army’s Fiscal 2015 budget request.

• 2/11/2014 Gov. Malloy Introduces Legislation Protecting Horse Owners and State's Associated Agriculture Industry

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has introduced legislation designed to protect horse owners and the state’s associated agriculture industry by clarifying into law that domesticated horses are not wild animals and as such as are not “inherently dangerous.”

• 2/28/2014 Gov. Malloy Directs Flags to Full-Staff at Sunset on Saturday

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy is directing State of Connecticut flags to return to full-staff at sunset on Saturday, March 1, 2014.