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• 12/12/2012 Gov. Malloy Statement on Senator Lieberman's Farewell Address

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement in response to the farewell address delivered by Senator Joseph Lieberman on the floor of the United States Senate this afternoon.

• 12/3/2012 Gov. Malloy, Senators Lieberman and Blumenthal Discuss $3.2 Billion Emergency Supplemental Request with White House Office of Management and Budget

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Senator Joseph Lieberman, and Senator Richard Blumenthal discussed the state’s $3.2 billion emergency supplemental budget request with Jeffrey Zients, Acting Director of the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB), on an afternoon phone call held to review the damage sustained from the two 2011 storms and superstorm Sandy.

• 12/4/2012 Gov. Malloy: Residents Can Begin Applying for Temporary Job Opportunities to Assist with Sandy Recovery Efforts

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that residents can now contact the Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) for information on potential temporary employment opportunities related to Storm Sandy recovery efforts under a program developed in cooperation with federal partners utilizing a $1.8 million federal grant the state received in the aftermath of the storm.

• 12/6/2012 Gov. Malloy Orders Flags to Half-Staff for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy directed U.S. and Connecticut flags to half-staff on Friday, December 7, in recognition of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and the lives lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

• 12/28/2012 Gov. Malloy: Open Space Grants to Preserve Nearly 3,000 Acres of Land Across Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced awards of more than $9 million in Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition grants to support 35 communities in purchasing 2,732 acres to be preserved as open space.

• 12/27/2012 Gov. Malloy Nominates Andrew J. McDonald to State Supreme Court

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is nominating Andrew J. McDonald of Stamford to serve as a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

• 12/4/2012 Gov. Malloy: New Collaborative Will Re-Imagine School Day and Increase Learning Time for Students

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today joined school administrators and teachers in the East Hartford, Meriden and New London school districts to discuss a collaborative effort announced yesterday that will expand and redesign school calendars for select schools within those three districts in an effort to improve learning for thousands of students.

• 12/14/2012 Gov. Malloy Directs Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of Sandy Hook School Shooting Victims

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today ordered U.S. and Connecticut flags to half-staff in recognition of the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut this morning.

• 12/23/2012 Gov. Malloy: FEMA Deadline Extended to January 28

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has extended the deadline to register for Storm Sandy disaster assistance from December 31, 2012 to January 28, 2013.

• 12/21/2012 Gov. Malloy Directs Flags to Full Staff Saturday at Sunset

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy is directing U.S. and Connecticut flags to full staff at sunset on Saturday, December 22, 2012.

• 12/11/2012 Gov. Malloy, Commissioner Reviczky and Chef Jacques Pépin Join Emmett O’Brien Technical High School Culinary Students to Assist Shelton Homeless Shelter

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Department of Agriculture Commissioner Steven K. Reviczky, and world-renowned chef and author Jacques Pépin joined culinary students at Emmett O’Brien Technical High School today to cook over 90 meals for Spooner House, a Shelton nonprofit that provides emergency shelter, meals, and services to families in the Naugatuck Valley region.

• 12/6/2012 Friday: Gov. Malloy Participates in Ceremony Honoring Memory of Trooper Kenneth Hall in Middletown, Welcomes Residents to Holiday Open House at Governor’s Residence

  On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman will join other state and local officials and residents at a ceremony dedicating a plaque at the rest stop and weigh station off I-91 north in Middletown to the memory of Trooper First Class Kenneth Hall, a 22-year veteran of the Connecticut State Police who died in the line of duty in September 2010 when a truck hit his patrol car while he was taking enforcement action on the side of the road.

• 12/31/2012 Joint Letter from Governors Cuomo, Christie and Malloy to House of Representatives on Sandy Aid Package

  Following the Senate’s passage of the Sandy aid package, Governors Andrew M. Cuomo, Chris Christie, and Dannel P. Malloy sent the following letter to every member of the House of Representatives.

• 12/10/2012 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Keynotes Middlesex Chamber of Commerce Meeting, Joins Chef Jacques Pépin and Culinary Students to Cook Meals for Local Nonprofit

  On Tuesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will give the keynote speech at the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce December Breakfast Meeting in Cromwell.

• 1/15/2012 Friday: Gov. Malloy Gives Opening Remarks at Regional Economic Summit

  On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will give welcoming remarks at the Connecticut Community Colleges Regional Economic Summit in Manchester.