Press Releases

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• 12/27/2011 Gov. Malloy Announces STEAP Grants for Towns in Central Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the towns of Berlin, Cromwell, Middlefield, Portland and Southington have each been awarded Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) grants for various capital improvement projects.

• 12/30/2011 Gov. Malloy Announces STEAP Grants; Newtown, Sharon, Winchester, Burlington, Barkhamsted, Colebrook and Northwest Connecticut Regional Planning Collaborative

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today visited five more Connecticut communities to announce Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) funds for capital projects. The Governor also announced that the Northwest Connecticut Regional Planning Collaborative, which includes Canaan, Goshen, Kent, Norfolk, Salisbury, and Sharon, will receive a STEAP grant.

• 12/19/2011 Gov. Malloy on Announcement of November Employment Figures for Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today said that the news that Connecticut’s unemployment rate has dropped to the lowest level since June 2009 is “encouraging,” but stressed that “more needs to be done in the mission to reinvent Connecticut and stimulate job growth.”

• 12/15/2011 Gov. Malloy on End of Iraq War

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement on the end of the war in Iraq.

• 12/6/2011 Gov. Malloy Orders Flags to Half Staff Wednesday for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy has ordered flags to half-staff in recognition of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, observed on December 7, which honors the lives lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

• 12/20/2011 Gov. Malloy Outlines Principles for Education Reform

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today sent a letter to state legislative leaders, as well as other key legislators and stakeholders, in which he outlined his principles for education reform. Those principles will serve as a “roadmap” for the upcoming 2012 session of the General Assembly, a session in which the Governor has repeatedly said he will focus on education.

• 12/7/2011 Gov. Malloy Statement on Ongoing Investigation of Emergency Federal Food Aid Program

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding an update on the investigation into the emergency federal food aid program.

• 12/27/2011 Gov. Malloy: "Time to Find Common Ground" and Avert Strike of Commercial Building Cleaners

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding the ongoing negotiations between the Hartford Area Cleaning Contractors Association and the commercial building cleaners, represented by Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union. The union represents roughly 2,000 workers in the Hartford and New Haven area.

• 12/30/2011 Governor Malloy, Legislative Leaders Agree on Candidates to Complete Redistricting for the State's Congressional Seats

  Governor Malloy today filed a brief with the Connecticut Supreme Court regarding the appointment of a Special Master who will assist the Court in resolving the issue of redistricting the State’s Congressional Districts.

• 12/5/2011 Gov. Malloy's Counsel Outlines Next Steps in Investigation of Emergency Federal Food Aid Program

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s General Counsel this afternoon wrote to the commissioners and department heads of each state agency, explaining the forthcoming steps the Malloy Administration and the Department of Social Services (DSS) will be taking in its investigation of possible fraud of the federally funded D-SNAP program by state employees, and instructing the agency heads to fully cooperate.

• 12/29/2011 Governor Malloy Announces $5.2 Million Federal Bonus for Children's Health Care

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Obama Administration has awarded a $5.2 million performance bonus to Connecticut for ‘ongoing and strong efforts to identify and enroll’ children in public health care coverage.

• 12/13/2011 Gov. Malloy's Two Storm Panel to Receive Final Expert Testimony on Wednesday

  The working group Governor Dannel P. Malloy created to review the preparedness, response and recovery efforts of Tropical Storm Irene and the October Nor’easter will receive what is expected to be its final set of expert testimony on Wednesday, December 14.

• 12/7/2011 Thursday: Gov. Malloy Attends Roundtable on Childhood Hunger, Holds Monthly Commissioners Meeting

  On Thursday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will give opening remarks at a meeting of the Governor’s Roundtable on Childhood Hunger, a component of the No Kid Hungry campaign in Connecticut.

• 12/15/2011 Today at 10AM: Gov. Malloy to Make Announcement

  This morning at 10:00 a.m., Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference to make an announcement.

• 12/4/2011 Today at 3PM: Gov. Malloy to Make Announcement

  This afternoon at 3:00 p.m., Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference at the State Capitol to make an announcement.