Press Releases

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• 11/23/2018 Gov. Malloy Invites Public to Annual Holiday Open House at the Governor’s Residence

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and First Lady Cathy Malloy are inviting Connecticut residents to attend the annual holiday open house at the Governor’s Residence in Hartford. Located at 990 Prospect Avenue, the house will be decorated for the season and open to the public for tours.

• 11/11/2018 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Celebrate the Ten-Year Anniversary of Same-Sex Marriage in Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman are celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Connecticut and inviting state residents to commemorate the important equal rights milestone. Connecticut became the second state in the nation to grant marriage licenses to couples of the same gender beginning November 12, 2008.

• 11/21/2018 Gov. Malloy’s 2018 Thanksgiving Message

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today shared the following Thanksgiving message with the residents of Connecticut.

• 11/20/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces $22 Million to Develop over 700 Affordable Housing Units in Hartford, New Haven and Waterbury

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Department of Housing (DOH) Commissioner Evonne M. Klein today announced that nearly $22 million is being awarded to support the development of affordable housing in Hartford, New Haven, and Waterbury as part of the latest round of funding under the state’s Competitive Housing Assistance for Multifamily Properties (CHAMP) program. The awards will create, rehabilitate, or preserve 702 units of housing and greatly expand access to mixed-income, multifamily units across the state while building on the state’s efforts to prevent and end homelessness.

• 11/14/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces Release of $12.2 Million in Volkswagen Settlement Funds to Support Clean Air Projects in Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State of Connecticut is making available $12.2 million dollars from the legal settlement in the Volkswagen (VW) Corporation emissions cheating scandal to fund ten clean air projects in the state. Administered through the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Connecticut is one of the first states in the nation to make these funds available for a variety of diesel mitigation projects. The ten projects announced today are part of the first funding cycle under the distribution of the state’s VW settlement funding.

• 11/9/2018 Gov. Malloy Encourages Veterans to Apply for Troops to Teachers Program

  In observation of Veterans Day, Governor Dannel P. Malloy is reminding school districts, veterans and their families, and all residents about Connecticut’s Troops to Teachers program, and encouraging service members and veterans to apply. Troops to Teachers is an initiative that provides service members who are transitioning into civilian life and veterans who have already left service with the training necessary to seek careers as school teachers in K-12 schools. The program, which also helps participants find employment as a teacher once the training is complete, helps reduce veteran unemployment while also providing students with exceptional role models in the classroom.

• 11/6/2018 Gov. Malloy Applauds Approval of Constitutional Amendment Creating a Transportation Lockbox

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement applauding Connecticut voters for approving a constitutional amendment during today’s election that will guarantee that funding set aside for transportation is used for exclusively for transportation projects.

• 11/20/2018 Gov. Malloy Activates State’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol from Wednesday Afternoon Through Friday Morning

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that in anticipation of temperatures over the next couple of days that are forecast to be bitter cold with negative wind chill factors at times, he is activating the State’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol beginning on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 21, 2018 and remaining in effect through Friday morning. This is the first time this season that the protocol has been enacted.

• 11/15/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on October Employment Report

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding the October Labor Situation report, which shows an increase of 1,500 net jobs for the month. In total, private sector jobs are up 25,700 jobs over the year from October 2017 to October 2018. This represents the 99th consecutive month where monthly private sector job numbers exceeded the numbers in the same month in the previous year.

• 11/7/2018 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Congratulate Ned Lamont and Susan Bysiewicz on Gubernatorial Victory

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements congratulating Ned Lamont and Susan Bysiewicz on their victory in the election for Governor and Lt. Governor of the State of Connecticut.

• 11/27/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces Opening of DMV Express Office in Stamford for License and ID Card Renewals

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Commissioner Michael Bzdyra today announced that beginning Wednesday, November 28, 2018, a new DMV Express office will open in Stamford, providing customers with increased opportunities to renew driver’s licenses and identification cards while expanding accessibility and convenience.

• 7/31/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on Federal Judge’s Preliminary Nationwide Injunction Against the Distribution of 3D Gun Plans

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding today’s order by a federal judge for a preliminary nationwide injunction against the distribution of plans for 3D-printed firearms on the internet.

• 7/16/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on President Trump’s Joint Press Conference With President Putin

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding President Trump’s remarks at a joint press conference today with President Putin.

• 7/3/2018 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Criticize President Trump’s Decision to Reverse Guidelines That Promote Diversity in Schools

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements decrying the Trump administration’s decision to reverse Obama-era guidance promoting diversity in educational institutions.

• 7/14/2018 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Court Decision Regarding Asylum-Seeking Children Who Were Separated from Their Parents and Sent to Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements regarding Judge Victor Bolden’s ruling today that the Trump administration unconstitutionally separated two children who are seeking asylum and were forcibly taken from their parents in Texas and sent to Connecticut by immigration officials under a Trump administration policy.