Press Releases

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• 7/29/2011 Gov. Malloy on National Fuel Standards

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released this statement following the President’s announcement on improvements in fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas limits.

• 7/18/2011 Statement from Gov. Malloy in Response to SEBAC Action

  Statement from Governor Dannel P. Malloy in response to SEBAC action.

• 7/19/2011 Governor Malloy Continues Investment in Rail Through Purchase of 25 Additional M-8 Cars for New Haven Line

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced plans to purchase 25 more M-8 rail cars – adding to the 380 already on order – for use on the New Haven Line along the coastline in southwestern Connecticut, often cited as the busiest in the nation with 120,000 riders a day between New Haven and New York City.

• 7/27/2011 Thursday: Gov. Malloy Attends Farmington River Trail Ceremony in Canton, Continues on Jobs Tour in New Haven

  On Thursday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will attend a ceremony to commemorate the opening of a stretch of the Farmington River Trail in Canton. Final construction of a three-phase project on the section that travels a former rail line on the Farmington River from Unionville through Canton has been completed, connecting neighborhoods along the Farmington Valley Greenway and the Multi-Use Trail to two shopping areas and municipal centers.

• 7/6/2011 Thursday: Gov. Malloy Continues Jobs Tour, Holds Ceremonial Signing for In-State Tuition Bill

  On Thursday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will meet with member companies of the Central Connecticut Chambers of Commerce and the Metal Stamping Association in Bristol to discuss competitiveness issues and ways to strengthen the business climate in the region.

• 7/21/2011 Today: Gov. Malloy Makes Major Economic Development Announcement

  This afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will make a major economic development announcement.

• 7/5/2011 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Visits Jobs Funnel Program, Attends National Guard Send Off Ceremony

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will continue his Jobs Tour with a stop at the construction site of the new police headquarters in New Britain. The project is part of the Jobs Funnel Program, which prepares qualified unemployed/under-employed adult residents in selected communities for good paying construction jobs and career pathways in the building trades industry. Approximately 1,500 Connecticut residents have been placed into construction work through Jobs Funnel efforts in recent years.

• 7/31/2011 Monday: Gov. Malloy on Jobs Tour Visits New England Assistive Technology Center at Oak Hill

  Continuing on his Jobs Tour, on Monday morning Governor Dannel P. Malloy will visit the staff of the New England Assistive Technology Center at Oak Hill in Hartford. Oak Hill is a private non-profit corporation that is the largest private provider of services to people with disabilities in Connecticut. They have over 1,400 employees throughout the state and provide community based residential care, day programs, assistive technology, supported work, training to work with people with disabilities, an equipment restoration center, and a fully licensed school and pre-school for children with disabilities.

• 7/24/2011 Monday: Gov. Malloy on Jobs Tour Visits Specialized Technology Resources in Somers

  Continuing on his Jobs Tour, on Monday morning Governor Dannel P. Malloy will visit with executives and staff of Specialized Technology Resources, Inc. in Somers. STR, which employs 121 people at its Somers and Enfield facilities, engineers and manufactures the most stable photovoltaic adhesive encapsulants in the photovoltaic-solar module business, formulating new technologies that generate electrical power by converting solar radiation into direct current electricity. The visit will allow Governor Malloy and the company’s executives an opportunity to discuss development strategy and overall business outlook.

• 11/8/2011 Gov. Malloy: FEMA, FCC to Conduct First Nationwide Test of Emergency Alert System

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today is reminding residents that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on Wednesday, November 9 at 2 p.m. EST.

• 11/3/2011 Gov. Malloy Signs Executive Order Increasing Availability of Propane for Homeowners

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed an executive order on Thursday that will increase the availability and accessibility of propane to households throughout the state. The executive order temporarily suspends a state regulation that prohibits the refueling of a propane tank by anyone other than the company that owns the tank.

• 11/2/2011 Gov. Malloy Signs Orders Extending Deadlines for Personal Property Tax Declarations, Unemployment Insurance Filings

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday afternoon signed two separate executive orders extending to November 15 the deadlines by which both personal property tax declarations and unemployment insurance tax filings must be reported.

• 11/4/2011 Department of Transportation Release: Tree Debris Pickup Planned Along State-Maintained Roads

  Starting Saturday, November 5, property owners may place all tree-related debris from the October 29, 2011, Nor’easter five feet from the edge of pavement for pickup in the coming days/weeks.

• 11/3/2011 Friday at 8:30 AM: Gov. Malloy Updates Media, Residents on Storm Recovery Efforts

  On Friday at 8:30 a.m., Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news briefing from the State Emergency Operations Center in Hartford to provide residents and media with the latest updates on snowstorm recovery efforts.

• 11/21/2011 Gov. Malloy Announces Approval of $275 Million in Federal Transit Funds for New Britain – Hartford Bus Rapid Transit Project

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Federal Transit Administrator Peter M. Rogoff today announced the approval of the $275 million Full Funding Grant Agreement to the Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) for the construction of the New Britain-Hartford Busway project, which will break ground in the spring of 2012.