Press Releases

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• 6/19/2014 Gov. Malloy: CAA Board Approves First Business Application for the Waterbury-Oxford Airport Development Zone

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced that the Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA) Board of Directors last week approved the first application submitted by a business located within the Waterbury-Oxford Airport Development Zone.

• 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.

• 6/22/2014 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.

• 6/25/2014 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.

• 6/24/2014 Gov. Malloy Organizes Group to Improve Services for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is creating a working group to examine and improve the provision of services to members of the intellectual and developmental disabilities community.

• 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.

• 6/17/2014 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.

• 6/13/2014 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.

• 6/30/2014 Gov. Malloy & Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on U.S. Supreme Court Contraception Ruling

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements concerning today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that closely held corporations with religious owners can be exempt from the requirement to cover contraception.

• 6/2/2014 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Participates in Ceremony Formalizing Creation of UConn's New Downtown Hartford Campus

  On Tuesday afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will participate in a ceremony formalizing the creation of UConn’s new campus in downtown Hartford at the site of the former Hartford Times building.

• 6/12/2014 Friday: Gov. Malloy Signs Legislation to Advance Revitalization Projects Around the State

  On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a bill signing ceremony in Waterbury to commemorate the approval of legislation that promotes the restoration of vacant and blighted properties across the state for a return to productive uses.