Press Releases

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• 3/2/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on the Announcement that President Obama is the Recipient of the 2017 JFK Profile in Courage Award

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding the announcement made today by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation that President Barack Obama will be the recipient of the 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

• 3/6/2017 Gov. Malloy & Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on President Trump’s Second Travel Ban

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements regarding the second executive order President Trump signed banning travel from certain countries.

• 2/28/2017 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on President Trump's Address to Congress

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements regarding President Donald Trump’s address this evening to a joint session of Congress.

• 3/28/2017 Gov. Malloy: Towns Along CTfastrak Route Continue to Benefit from Transit-Oriented Development as System Reaches its Second Anniversary

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that as CTfastrak reaches its second anniversary, towns and cities with stations along the bus rapid transit system are continuing to benefit from the growth of transit-oriented development as multi-use projects are reinvigorating neighborhoods along its route. The bus rapid transit system launched on March 28, 2015 and provides direct service to and from Waterbury, Cheshire, Southington, Bristol, Plainville, New Britain, Newington, West Hartford, Hartford, East Hartford and Manchester with routes that take advantage of the bus-only CTfastrak roadway.

• 3/30/2017 Gov. Malloy Proclaims 'Husky Weekend' in Connecticut to Honor the UConn Women's Basketball Team

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is proclaiming Friday, March 31 through Sunday, April 2, 2017 as “Husky Weekend” in the State of Connecticut in recognition of the UConn women’s basketball team playing in the NCAA Final Four tournament on Friday night. This will be the team’s tenth consecutive appearance in the Final Four.

• 3/28/2017 Gov. Malloy and Commissioner Klee Statements on Presidential Executive Order Rolling Back the Clean Power Plan

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Robert Klee released the following statements in response to an executive order President Trump signed today rolling back previous action made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the Clean Power Plan, including a rule cutting power-plant carbon emissions.

• 3/24/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Colt to Expand Operations, Grow Jobs in Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that Colt’s Manufacturing Company is purchasing its West Hartford headquarters and manufacturing facility and making new investments to expand operations and grow jobs in Connecticut. The acquisition of this property is a key part of the company’s growth strategy and is part of a $23 million project by Colt that targets the retention of its current workforce of 600 employees and will lead to the creation of an additional 100 jobs at the location over the next five years.

• 3/27/2017 Governor and Mrs. Malloy to Host ‘Reimagining Justice’ Conference on Criminal Justice Reform on June 14 and 15 in Hartford

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and First Lady Cathy Malloy today announced they will convene a conference in Hartford this summer with criminal justice experts, leaders, and advocates from throughout the country to discuss the progress being made to reform criminal justice systems in the ongoing effort to reduce crime and end the cycle of mass incarceration. Former Senior Advisor to the President of the United States Valerie Jarrett will serve as the event’s keynote speaker, among other notable guest speakers to be announced over the next several weeks.

• 3/14/2017 Gov. Malloy: Third-Shift, Nonessential State Employees Should Not Report to Work Tuesday Evening

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that all third-shift, nonessential state employees should not report to work later this evening – Tuesday, March 14, 2017 – due to the ongoing winter storm.

• 3/13/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Impact of Trumpcare on Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that according to a new analysis of the impact on the State of Connecticut of the Republicans’ American Health Care Act – also known as Trumpcare – healthcare coverage for tens of thousands of state residents could be threatened, and as much as $1 billion in annual costs would be added to the state at full implementation after 2020.

• 3/17/2017 Gov. Malloy’s Proposed Budget Includes Needed Resources to Reduce Caseloads for Social Workers and Help Meet Critical Responsibilities

  Governor Dannel M. Malloy today announced that resources that are included in his biennial budget proposal will help the Department of Children and Families (DCF) reduce the caseloads handled by the agency’s social workers to 75 percent of the maximum caseload standard in order to assist them in meeting the critical responsibilities of their jobs.

• 3/16/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on President Trump's FY18 Budget Proposal

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 budget proposal.

• 3/13/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Opening of State’s New Corrections Unit Exclusively for Young Adult Offenders

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) Commissioner Scott Semple today announced that the DOC has opened a new unit at the Cheshire Correctional Institution that will house offenders between the ages of 18 to 25 with the goal of preventing these young adults who have committed nonviolent crimes from beginning a life of crime and returning to prison.

• 3/7/2017 Gov. Malloy Urges Federal Railroad Administration to Focus Northeast Rail Corridor Investments toward Achieving a ‘State of Good Repair’

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy is urging the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to table consideration of any new alignment of tracks on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) through Connecticut and instead focus its investments – which he says are long overdue – on maintaining the corridor in a “state of good repair.”

• 3/8/2017 Gov. Malloy & Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on International Women’s Day

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements regarding International Women’s Day.