Press Releases

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• 10/6/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Site Selection for Connecticut’s Amazon HQ2 Bid

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Commissioner Catherine Smith today announced that the State of Connecticut has chosen two sites for its proposal to Amazon for the company’s second headquarters – the Hartford and Stamford regions. Last month, Amazon announced that it was seeking a site for a second headquarters – known as “Amazon HQ2” – in North America, which will create tens of thousands of additional jobs and bring billions in investment.

• 10/4/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Charter Communications Relocating Captive Insurer Division to Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that Stamford-based Charter Communications, the second-largest cable company in the nation, continues to expand its business footprint in Connecticut by basing its entire captive insurance operations in the state.

• 10/3/2017 Gov. Malloy and Charter Communications Announce Charter’s Plan to Build New Headquarters, Add Jobs

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Charter Communications, Inc., a Fortune 100 company and the second-largest cable operator in the United States, today announced the company’s plans to build a 500,000 square foot, 15-story headquarters at 406 Washington Boulevard in Stamford. Following its commitment to create and retain 400 jobs under the state’s First Five Program in 2012, Charter has committed to create an additional 1,100 new corporate headquarters jobs and has agreed to a total of $100 million in planned capital expenditures in Connecticut over the next several years.

• 10/19/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Connecticut’s Submission for Amazon’s Second Headquarters

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Commissioner Catherine Smith today unveiled the State of Connecticut’s proposal for Amazon’s second headquarters, which includes sites in the Hartford and Stamford regions. Last month, Amazon announced that it was seeking a site for a second headquarters – known as “Amazon HQ2” – in North America, which will create tens of thousands of additional jobs.

• 10/16/2017 Gov. Malloy Releases New, ‘Bare-Bones’ Budget Proposal

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released his fourth balanced budget proposal for the FY18-FY19 biennium. Built off the administration’s last compromise budget (House Bill 7501, as amended by Senate Amendment A), this new budget eliminates numerous tax increases, cuts additional spending, and pares down implementer language to focus only on structural changes and language that is actually necessary to implement the biennial budget.

• 10/17/2017 Gov. Malloy Releases Actuarial Analysis of Prospective Pension Changes

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today responded to a memo from OPM Secretary Ben Barnes regarding an independent actuarial analysis that was produced by Cavanaugh Macdonald Consulting, LLC.

• 10/13/2017 Connecticut Joins Multistate Lawsuit Defending Affordable Care Act

  Connecticut today joined with 17 other states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit against the Trump Administration's decision to abruptly stop making healthcare cost-sharing reduction (CSR) subsidy payments required by the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) – a move that will put health coverage for more than six million Americans at risk while increasing costs, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• 10/30/2017 Gov. Malloy & Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Federal Court Rejection of President Trump’s Transgender Troop Ban

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements regarding the ruling released today by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia blocking President Trump’s order to ban transgender people from serving in the military.

• 10/24/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on Reported Rollback of Clean Energy Sweeps

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement on the reported rollback of sweeps impacting the Connecticut Green Bank, Clean Energy Fund Program and the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund.

• 4/5/2017 Gov. Malloy: Flags Lowered to Half-Staff Thursday in Honor of John Glenn

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that – in accordance with a proclamation from President Donald J. Trump – U.S. and state flags in Connecticut should be flown at half-staff from sunrise until sunset on Thursday, April 6, 2017, as a mark of respect for the memory of former U.S. Senator, veteran, and astronaut John Glenn, whose interment will take place at Arlington National Cemetery on that day.

• 4/19/2017 Gov. Malloy and Commissioner Wentzell Release State Guide to Help School Districts in their Efforts to Further Reduce Chronic Absenteeism and Increase Attendance

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and State Department of Education (SDE) Commissioner Dianna R. Wentzell today announced the release of a new state guide that provides a framework for local and regional school districts to develop a strategic plan and implement interventions that will lead to the reduction of chronic absenteeism among students in pre-K through Grade 12.

• 4/13/2017 Gov. Malloy’s Prepared Remarks from Today’s News Conference Announcing He Will Not Seek a Third Term

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today delivered the following prepared remarks during a news conference in the Old Appropriations Room of the State Capitol in Hartford.

• 4/13/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces $23 Million to Support the Development of Affordable Housing in Six Connecticut Communities

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Housing (DOH) Commissioner Evonne M. Klein today announced that nearly $23 million in state funding is being awarded to support the development of affordable housing in six communities across Connecticut as part of the latest round of funding under the state’s Competitive Housing Assistance for Multifamily Properties (CHAMP) program. These awards will play a role in helping to create, rehabilitate, or preserve more than 200 units of affordable housing and greatly expanding access to mixed income and supportive housing units. These new units are essential in the state’s work to prevent and end homelessness.

• 4/12/2017 Gov. Malloy and State Officials Urge EPA to Act Favorably on Petition to Control Pollution Caused by Upwind States

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and other Connecticut officials are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to approve a petition filed by the State of Connecticut along with eight other neighboring Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states to require nine upwind states located in the west and the south to reduce air pollution generated within their borders that is carried to states in the northeast by prevailing winds, causing public health issues for area residents and economic disincentives for the region’s businesses.

• 4/7/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on the Confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding the Senate confirmation today of Neil Gorsuch to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.