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• 10/4/2013 Gov. Malloy: Grant Will Support the Expansion and Revitalization of the Hartford Regional Farmers’ Market

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and state Department of Agriculture (DOAG) Commissioner Steven K. Reviczky today announced that DOAG has been awarded $375,644 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 2013 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program to support plans to add a kitchen and food processing center at the Hartford Regional Market.

• 10/23/2013 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Attends Small Business Conference in Enfield, Releases Report on Continuing Efforts to Shrink State Government

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will make remarks at the state’s “Step Up” Employer Conference in Enfield, where over 230 employers will receive information from state officials about available opportunities that benefit local businesses, such as job expansion tax credits, wage incentives to hire unemployed workers, and tax incentives for equipment purchases.

• 10/22/2013 Gov. Malloy: Improving Early Childhood Learning is Critical to Our Young People's Success

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and the Office of Early Childhood today released Connecticut's application for the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge, a federal grant opportunity to increase access to high-quality early learning experiences for young children with high needs.

• 10/10/2013 Gov. Malloy: NY-Based Grocer Establishes Captive Insurance Subsidiary in Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the corporate owner of one of the largest grocery store chains in Manhattan is setting up its captive insurance subsidiary in Connecticut.

• 10/16/2013 Gov. Malloy: Navigators Opens New Headquarters in Stamford

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today joined leaders from The Navigators Group, Inc. and state and local officials to celebrate the opening of The Navigators Group, Inc.’s new headquarters at 400 Atlantic Street in Stamford.

• 10/23/2013 Gov. Malloy: State Government is Leaner, More Cost Effective

  During a meeting with all state agency commissioners, Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released a detailed report compiled by the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) documenting efforts achieved by state employees during the past year that are making state government leaner and more cost-effective. Since taking office, Governor Malloy has charged all state agencies with transforming state government to make it more efficient, responsive and business-friendly – efforts that to date have saved over $2 billion in taxpayer dollars.

• 10/8/2013 Gov. Malloy Signs Legislation Strengthening the Rights of Nursing Home Residents

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today joined Connecticut Department on Aging Commissioner Edith Prague, state Long-Term Care Ombudsman Nancy Shaffer, Connecticut Legislative Commission on Aging Executive Director Julia Evans Starr, aging issue advocates and state and local lawmakers for the ceremonial signing of legislation (Public Act 13-70) that requires nursing home administrators to provide their staff with training on how to identify and respond to patients’ fear of retaliation.

• 10/25/2013 Gov. Malloy Requests NY State Public Service Commission to Investigate Con Edison Power Failure on New Haven Line

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today wrote a letter to Audrey Zibelman, Chair of the New York State Public Service Commission, requesting the commission conduct a thorough investigation into the loss of power last month on Metro North’s New Haven Line due to the failure of the Con Edison substation in Mt. Vernon, New York.

• 10/28/2013 Gov. Malloy: State to Receive Additional $65 Million for Superstorm Sandy Recovery Efforts

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced the state will be receiving an additional $65 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to bolster Connecticut’s Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts.

• 10/10/2013 Gov. Malloy: State to Save New Haven Open Tennis Tournament

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) will vote on purchasing the rights to the New Haven Open tennis tournament at a meeting scheduled for next Thursday, October 17. By purchasing the rights, CRDA would become the owner of the tournament, which will be held August 15-23, 2014, at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale in New Haven.

• 10/17/2013 Gov. Malloy Statement on Bipartisan Congressional Deal to Open the Federal Government, Avoid Default

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement in advance of an expected vote in the U.S. Senate and House to reopen the federal government and temporarily increase the government's statutory borrowing authority.

• 10/7/2013 Gov. Malloy Statement on MTA Service

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding the recent MTA service disruption

• 10/9/2013 Gov. Malloy Statement on Nomination of Janet Yellen to Head the US Federal Reserve

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday afternoon released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s nomination of Janet Yellen to serve as Chair of the US Federal Reserve.

• 10/1/2013 Gov. Malloy Statement on the Federal Shutdown

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding the federal government shutdown.

• 10/7/2013 Gov. Malloy Statement on Yale Professor Winning Nobel Prize in Medicine

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy on Monday afternoon released the following statement in response to the awarding of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Yale professor James Rothman and two other professors, who have “solved the mystery of how the cell organizes its transport system.”