Press Releases

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• 2/11/2014 Gov. Malloy: Connecticut Kicks Off 2014 Tourism Season

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the state Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) and its Office of Tourism released new tracking results that demonstrate the $22 million Statewide Tourism Marketing Fund investment over the course of 18 months has generated measurable gains in overall tourism spending to the state and has helped increase positive awareness of Connecticut as a place to visit.

• 2/5/2014 Gov. Malloy Orders All Nonessential Second-Shift State Employees to Not Report to Work Today

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has ordered all second-shift state employees who are designated as non-essential to stay home on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, in response to winter storm conditions across the state. State employees are encouraged to contact their supervisors for further guidance.

• 2/28/2014 Gov. Malloy Directs Flags to Full-Staff at Sunset on Saturday

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy is directing State of Connecticut flags to return to full-staff at sunset on Saturday, March 1, 2014.

• 2/6/2014 Gov. Malloy Makes Commitment to Universal Pre-Kindergarten, College Affordability and Completion

  Addressing a joint session of the Connecticut General Assembly, Governor Dannel P. Malloy today unveiled a bold agenda aimed at continuing to grow Connecticut’s economy, ensuring that Connecticut working families share in the state’s emerging recovery, and making targeted investments to improve education and support students of all ages.

• 2/2/2014 Gov. Malloy: New Haven Line Upgrade Will Double Electrical Supply and Prevent Future Power Failures

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) will undertake a $10 million project to upgrade the power supply for Metro-North Railroad’s New Haven Line beginning on Monday, February 3.

• 2/7/2014 Gov. Malloy: Let's Commit Connecticut to Achieving Universal Pre-K

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, legislative leaders, Executive Director of the Office of Early Childhood, Myra Jones-Taylor, State Department of Education Commissioner, Stefan Pryor, Mayor Scott Jackson and local officials, today detailed his plan to achieve universal access to pre-kindergarten in Connecticut.

• 2/27/2014 Gov. Malloy: Funds for State Park Improvements Expected to be Approved Friday

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that $750,000 to fund state park improvements is expected to be approved when the state Bond Commission meets Friday.

• 2/27/2014 Gov. Malloy: Small Town Assistance Program Invests in Local Economies and Job Growth

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced the first round of 2014 Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) grants, a total of more than $2.4 million, will be awarded to Avon, Chester, Farmington, Milford, New Milford and Sprague.

• 2/28/2014 Gov. Malloy: State Delivers Road Salt to Additional Towns and Cities

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy said today that 22 additional cities and towns have received road salt this week under a Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) program that was recently set-up to replenish municipal salt supplies diminished over a harsh 2013-14 winter season.

• 2/24/2014 Gov. Malloy: Special Election for State Representative in East Granby, Suffield and Windsor to be Held April 11

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that a special election to fill a vacancy in the State House of Representatives serving the 61st Assembly District, which covers all of East Granby and Suffield and a portion of Windsor, will be held on Friday, April 11, 2014.

• 2/27/2014 Friday: Gov. Malloy Chairs State Bond Commission Meeting

  On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will chair a meeting of the State Bond Commission, which will be followed by a media availability.

• 2/28/2014 Gov. Malloy: Six Connecticut Municipalities to Receive Funding for Local and Regional Wastewater Treatment Projects

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced that nearly $277 million to provide grants and loans for local and regional wastewater treatment projects in Hartford, Rocky Hill, Norwich, Middletown, New Haven, and Bristol was approved Friday by state Bond Commission.

• 2/20/2014 Gov. Malloy Orders Unprecedented Amount of State Data to be Made Available to the Public in Major Transparency and Open Government Effort

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced he has signed an executive order that will result in widespread amounts of raw government data to be collected, placed on the internet, and shared with the public in a major effort to increase transparency and provide a useful database that can be utilized by residents for any number of purposes. The Governor explained that the purpose of the order is to display data in its rawest form, before it has been aggregated and analyzed.

• 2/4/2014 Gov. Malloy Proposes Increasing Connecticut's Minimum Wage to $10.10

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is introducing legislation during the upcoming regular session of the General Assembly that will increase the state minimum wage to $10.10, mirroring recent national efforts by President Obama and other Congressional leaders to raise the federal minimum wage to that same amount.

• 2/12/2014 Gov. Malloy Orders Delayed Opening for State Offices Until 10AM

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy has ordered a delayed opening for state offices on Thursday morning until 10am for all nonessential state employees.