News Releases

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• 12/10/2020 Treasurer Wooden Announces University of Connecticut Bond Sale Attracts Record Demand, Achieves Record Low Borrowing Cost, And Saves Taxpayers $29 Million Largest Retail Orders In 24-Year History

• 4/16/2021 Media Advisory - Monday: Treasurer Shawn Wooden Visits Neighborhood Housing Services Of Waterbury To Talk About Baby Bonds And How Increasing Homeownership Will Reduce Wealth Disparities And Spur Economic Development

• 5/24/2022 Northeast Investors’ Diversity Initiative Reaches Agreements With Three Companies to Consider Diversity on Board Appointments

• 4/22/2021 Media Advisory - Friday: Senator Blumenthal And Treasurer Wooden Highlight How Federal And State, “Baby Bonds” Legislation Will Break The Cycle Of Poverty And Narrow The Wealth Gap; CT “Baby Bonds” Legislation Voted Out of Appropriations Committee this Week

• 4/25/2019 Treasurer Wooden, UCONN: Success of Bond Sale for UCONN Projects Further Proof of Investor Confidence in Connecticut

• 4/26/2019 HARTFORD BUSINESS.COM - The state sold $240 million in UConn 2000 bonds in a near-record sale, the Treasurer says.

• 2/7/2019 Treasurer Wooden Launches 2019 CHET Dream Big! College Savings Competition Art and Essay Competition to Award $26,000 to CT Students.

• 3/5/2019 Hartford Courant - Family, Friends and State Officials Send Off 123 Members of the Connecticut National Guard Who Are Deploying to Cuba - "During the send-off ceremony Tuesday, state Treasurer Shawn Wooden told the troops: "We will never forget that it is your courage, your sweat and sometimes your blood that keeps America free. ... I'll be here when you return."

• 2/1/2024 Treasurer Russell Urges Connecticut Residents to Reclaim Lost Funds on National Unclaimed Property Day

• 7/28/2020 State Treasurer Shawn Wooden Praises Connecticut’s General Assembly for Passing The Ct Police Accountability Bill

• 3/7/2022 Bipartisan Joint Statement of State Treasurers on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

• 4/18/2019 Treasurer Wooden: First 100 Days in Office Show Commitment To Action on State's Pressing Fiscal Challenges; Addressing Unfunded Pension Liabilities,Improving Credit Standing Among Highlights

• 2/19/2019 Pension&Investments - Connecticut Governor Proposes Reforms to State Teachers Fund in Conjunction with Treasurer.

• 3/8/2019 THE BOND BUYER - Treasurer Shawn Wooden Expects His Proposal to Fix the State Teachers' Pension System to Kick-Start an Agenda that Includes Infrastructure, Improved Returns and Financial Literacy.

• 5/22/2019 Hartford Courant - State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden: The reckoning has come. It's time to restructure the debt.