Press Releases

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• 11/12/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces Funding for At Risk Youth

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that Connecticut will receive a $5 million grant to better engage and connect young adults ages 16 to 25 to behavioral health care.

• 11/17/2014 Gov. Malloy Directs Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of Judge John T. Downey

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy is directing U.S. and Connecticut flags to half-staff in memory of the Honorable John T. Downey, a Connecticut judge who passed away early this morning.

• 11/8/2014 Gov. Malloy on the Nomination of Loretta Lynch as U.S. Attorney General

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding President Obama's nomination of Loretta E. Lynch, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, as United States Attorney General.

• 11/11/2014 Gov. Malloy: More Than 6,200 Residents Have Applied for the Connecticut Veterans ID

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced today that more than 6,270 Connecticut veterans have applied to participate in the Connecticut’s Veterans’ ID program, a joint initiative between the Department of Motor Vehicles’ (DMV) and Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) that gives veterans an option to place an American Flag symbol on a state-issued license or identity card to designate his or her veteran’s status.

• 11/9/2014 Gov. Malloy Reminds Metro-North Riders that Full Half-Hourly Service for New Haven Line Weekend Trains Begins Today

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy reminded residents that, beginning today, off-peak weekday and weekend trains on the New Haven Line will run every half-hour between New Haven and New York City.

• 11/20/2014 Gov. Malloy: State Continues to Make Investments to Ensure Safe, Reliable and Convenient Train Service for Residents

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State Bond Commission has approved more than $53 million for the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) to begin work to replace the New Haven Line’s 118-year-old Walk Bridge in Norwalk, a project that will create or retain approximately 4,500 construction-related jobs.

• 11/6/2014 Gov. Malloy: State to Expand Employment and Social Services to Veterans and their Families

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that a pilot program connecting Waterbury-area veterans, military service members and their families with state employment and social services will be expanded to the Bridgeport area next month.

• 11/20/2014 Gov. Malloy: State Workforce Training Program Continues Helping Small Businesses Train New Employees & Create Jobs

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the state’s Subsidized Training and Employment Program known as “Step Up,” which was enacted in 2012 in an effort to help small businesses in Connecticut create new jobs by assisting with workforce training, is continuing its efforts to expand its job creation goals, resulting in nearly 700 companies creating 2,743 new jobs in the state since its launch.

• 11/20/2014 Gov. Malloy Statement on October Jobs Report

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement in response to the release of the Connecticut Department of Labor’s monthly “Labor Situation” report for October 2014.

• 11/2/2014 Gov. Malloy & Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on the Passing of Barbara Nappier

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements regarding the passing last night of Barbara H. Nappier, mother of State Treasurer Denise Nappier.

• 11/19/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces Additional Funds for New Elementary School in Newtown

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced that the State Bond Commission today voted to approve a $5 million grant for the Town of Newtown to finance ongoing planning and design costs for a new Sandy Hook Elementary School.

• 2/20/2014 Gov. Malloy Orders Unprecedented Amount of State Data to be Made Available to the Public in Major Transparency and Open Government Effort

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced he has signed an executive order that will result in widespread amounts of raw government data to be collected, placed on the internet, and shared with the public in a major effort to increase transparency and provide a useful database that can be utilized by residents for any number of purposes. The Governor explained that the purpose of the order is to display data in its rawest form, before it has been aggregated and analyzed.

• 2/9/2014 Monday: Gov. Malloy Makes Health Insurance Exchange Announcement, Speaks at Granby Chamber Meeting

  On Monday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman and Access Health CT CEO Kevin Counihan will hold a news conference in New Haven to announce a major healthcare reform milestone.

• 2/24/2014 Gov. Malloy Moves to Safeguard Food Benefits for 50,000 Low-Income Families

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that his administration is taking immediate action to prevent nearly 50,000 Connecticut households from losing vital food benefits through cuts in the recently-passed Farm Bill.

• 2/11/2014 Gov. Malloy Lays Out His Plan to End Veterans' Homelessness by 2015

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, veterans, veterans’ advocates and local, state and federal officials, today laid out several of his proposals aimed at combatting veterans’ homelessness and unemployment in Connecticut.