Press Releases

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• 6/27/2014 Gov. Malloy Appoints Elease Wright to the Board of Regents for Higher Education

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is appointing Elease E. Wright of Hartford to serve as a member of the state Board of Regents for Higher Education.

• 1/20/2014 Gov. Malloy: Severe Cold Weather to Impact the State

  With bitter cold temperatures expected to impact the state over the next week, Governor Dannel P. Malloy has activated the state’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol, directing the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS), the Department of Social Services (DSS), the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), and the Department of Housing (DOH) to coordinate with 2-1-1 and Connecticut’s network of shelters to ensure that the state’s most vulnerable people are protected from the severe cold weather.

• 6/24/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces Award of Stem Cell Research Funds

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced the award of nearly $10 million in stem cell research funds to 18 Connecticut–based researchers.

• 6/22/2014 Monday: Gov. Malloy Participates in Statewide Emergency Preparedness Drill

  On Monday, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will participate in a statewide emergency preparedness drill designed to enhance mass care planning, readiness and disaster preparedness at all levels of government and the state’s utilities.

• 6/27/2014 Gov. Malloy: State Receives $3.3 Million Federal Grant to Train Workers for High-Demand Jobs

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Connecticut Department of Labor has been awarded more than $3.3 million in federal funding that will be used to help train and prepare unemployed workers for jobs in high-demand industries.

• 6/25/2014 Thursday: Gov. Malloy Unveils Common Core Taskforce Report, Launches Public School Initiative

  On Thursday, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a press conference in Hartford to announce the launch of a new public school initiative in response to the final report from the Educators’ Common Core Implementation Taskforce.

• 6/15/2014 Monday: Gov. Malloy Signs Port Authority Legislation in New London, Attends Other Events in Waterford and Groton

  On Monday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will participate in the grand opening ceremony for the Charter Oak Federal Credit Union’s new headquarters in Waterford.

• 6/9/2014 Gov. Malloy: State and MTA Jointly Pursuing Federal Funding to Replace "Walk" Bridge

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) Commissioner James Redeker, officials from Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Metro-North, today announced that ConnDOT and MTA will conduct an operational review of procedures at the Walk Bridge in Norwalk in order to minimize the risk for failure in the future.

• 6/6/2014 Gov. Malloy: Special Election for State Representative in Shelton, Stratford and Trumbull to be Held July 22

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that a special election to fill a vacancy in the State House of Representatives serving the 122nd Assembly District, which covers portions of Shelton, Stratford and Trumbull, will be held on Tuesday, July 22, 2014.

• 6/2/2014 Gov. Malloy: "Go Back to Get Ahead" Program Will Increase College Completion Rates

  In a drive to give “lapsed” college students the opportunity to get their college education back on track, and to develop a better educated workforce and more competitive state economy, Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced that the Board of Regents for Higher Education today launched the Go Back to Get Ahead program, offering in-state residents who have started, but not completed a degree, free college courses when they re-enroll.

• 6/13/2014 Gov. Malloy Signs Legislation to Advance Revitalization Projects Around the State

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary and other state and local officials, today held a bill signing ceremony for legislation that implements a series of improvements to the state’s brownfield programs, as recommended by the General Assembly’s Brownfield Working Group, an eleven member task force created to examine the remediation and redevelopment of brownfields in Connecticut.

• 6/17/2014 Gov. Malloy Signs Legislation Protecting Good Samaritans for the Administration of Drug Overdose Treatment

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) Commissioner Pat Rehmer and other state and local officials, today held a bill signing ceremony for legislation (Public Act 14-61) that grants civil and criminal liability protection to a bystander who administers Naloxone Hydrochloride (known as Narcan) in good faith to someone who has overdosed.

• 6/6/2014 Saturday: Gov. Malloy Runs in Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and Speaks at Opening Ceremony

  On Saturday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will run in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K in Hartford.

• 6/12/2014 Gov. Malloy Announces Resignation of State Victim Advocate Garvin Ambrose

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has received communication from Garvin G. Ambrose, the state’s Victim Advocate, indicating his intention to resign from the position effective July 18, 2014.

• 6/6/2014 Gov. Malloy: Headquarters of the Largest Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in the Country Relocating to Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) has finalized a deal that will bring the headquarters of the country’s largest intercollegiate athletic conference, the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), from Massachusetts to Danbury, Connecticut.