Press Releases

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• 1/31/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces Two-Year, Nearly $450 Million Plan for Modest Tax Relief

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced a two-year plan to provide modest, targeted tax relief for Connecticut families totaling nearly $450 million.

• 1/2/2014 Today at 5PM: Gov. Malloy Briefs Media on Winter Storm and Severe Cold Outbreak

  Today at 5:00 p.m., Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news briefing at the State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Hartford to provide updates on the state’s preparations for tonight’s forecasted winter storm and severe cold outbreak.

• 1/20/2014 Gov. Malloy: Better Coordination Will Improve Services for Young Children

  At a scholarship breakfast with members of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in Hartford, Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced his plan to reintroduce a bill this session that will formally establish the Office of Early Childhood (OEC). The new agency will provide a comprehensive, collaborative system for delivering improved programs and services to children from birth to age five years old and their parents.

• 1/17/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces Major Upgrade Coming to State's Online Presence

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State of Connecticut’s official website – www.ct.gov – which operates as a portal to every agency in state government, will soon undergo a major modernization process under a self-funded plan that will increase usability, customer service, transparency and access for its visitors.

• 1/7/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces Funding to Increase Open Space Land in East Lyme

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today joined State Senator Andrea Stillman (D-Waterford), State Representative Ed Jutila (D-East Lyme, Salem) and State Representative Betsy Ritter (D-Waterford, Montville) to announce that a $200,000 state grant to purchase 41 acres of property for use as open space land as part of the Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve in East Lyme is scheduled to be approved at Thursday’s meeting of the State Bond Commission.

• 1/15/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces DEEP Commissioner Esty Returning to Position at Yale

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced today that Daniel C. Esty is returning to Yale University, which had granted him a three-year leave of absence from his tenured professorship that allowed him to serve as Commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP).

• 1/23/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces Additional Funding to Make Schools Safer

  Joined by legislators, agency commissioners and school officials at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced a plan to expand the School Security Grant Program as part of his legislative agenda for 2014.

• 1/9/2014 Friday: Gov. Malloy Kicks Off Connecticut Mentoring Month in New Haven

  On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by other state and local officials, will hold an event with the Governor’s Prevention Partnership at Truman School in New Haven to kick of Connecticut Mentoring Month.

• 1/23/2014 Friday: Gov. Malloy Makes Climate Change Announcement in Groton, Unveils Legislative Proposal on Mental Health in Hartford

  On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will make an announcement in Groton regarding climate change and its impact on the state.

• 1/28/2014 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Speaks at Conference on Child Sex Trafficking, Participates in Education Meeting, Unveils Legislative Proposal on Growing Connecticut Manufacturing Jobs

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will speak at a conference on domestic minor sex trafficking hosted by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families.

• 1/14/2014 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy, Oxford Performance Materials Make Announcement in South Windsor

  On Wednesday afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Catherine Smith, will hold a news conference with the executives of Oxford Performance Materials to announce plans for the company’s expansion.

• 1/8/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces Funds for Rochford Field Remediation in Hamden

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today joined Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey (D-Hamden), Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney (D-New Haven, Hamden), State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) and State Representative Mike D’Agostino (D-Hamden) to announce that a grant of $4 million for the remediation of Rochford Field in Hamden is scheduled to be approved at Thursday’s meeting of the State Bond Commission.

• 1/14/2014 Gov. Malloy: State to Develop Plan to Improve Children's Mental Health Services

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the state Department of Children and Families (DCF) will partner with families, youths, communities and experts to develop a plan to improve mental health services for children. The plan will be given to the General Assembly next fall under a law it passed in the wake of the Newtown tragedy.

• 6/5/2014 Friday: Gov. Malloy Releases Report on Climate Change in Connecticut

  On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference to release a report drafted by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) outlining the progress Connecticut has been making to systemically reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that are dangerously disrupting the global climate system.

• 6/9/2014 Today: Gov. Malloy Holds Crisis Summit with MTA and Metro-North Officials

  This afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will meet with executives from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Metro-North to address the recent incidents that caused major disruptions on the New Haven Line.