Press Releases

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• 1/24/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on Economic Growth

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding a report released today from the U.S. Department of Commerce, which found that Connecticut’s economy grew 3.9 percent during the third quarter of 2017, among the fastest of all U.S. states.

• 1/3/2018 Gov Malloy and Lt Gov Wyman Statements on Decision by Treasurer Nappier to Not Seek Re-Election

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements regarding State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier’s decision to not seek re-election.

• 1/8/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces His Intention to Nominate Andrew J. McDonald to Serve as Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that in the coming weeks he intends to nominate Justice Andrew J. McDonald to serve as Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

• 8/20/2018 Gov. Malloy and State Officials Host White House Drug Policy Director for Round Table Discussion on Addiction

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Mayor Toni Harp, Senator Richard Blumenthal, and the commissioners of the Connecticut Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), Public Health (DPH), and Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) were joined today in New Haven by Jim Carroll, President Trump’s nominee for “drug czar” and the current Deputy Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), for a roundtable discussion on addiction. New Haven medical, police, and social service providers also were part of the conversation.

• 1/18/2018 Gov. Malloy Calls on FEMA to Immediately Reverse Decision Cutting Off Temporary Housing for Puerto Rican Families

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator William “Brock” Long calling on the federal agency to immediately reverse their sudden decision to rescind Transitional Shelter Assistance (TSA) housing benefits that had just days earlier been extended for 36 Puerto Rican families currently residing in Connecticut since being displaced from the island by Hurricane Maria.

• 8/23/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on Proposed Trump Administration Regulations Regarding State and Local Tax Credits

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding proposed regulations announced today by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service regarding state and local tax credits.

• 8/21/2018 Gov. Malloy, Commissioner Klee Slam Trump Administration’s New Coal Rule

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection released the following statements on President Trump’s new coal pollution rule, which rolls back Obama-era protections. The EPA estimates the new rule will cause up to 1,400 premature deaths per year.

• 8/6/2018 Gov. Malloy Reminds Residents to Take Precautions During Periods of Extreme Heat

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy is urging Connecticut residents, particularly those who are most vulnerable, to take precautions during the excessive heat and humidity over the next few days as a heat advisory is in effect for the entire state. Those who are looking for a place to get out of the heat can locate their nearest cooling center by calling 2-1-1.

• 8/1/2018 Gov. Malloy: 18 Students from Cheshire Correctional Institution Earn Associate Degrees to Prepare Them for Future Careers

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy delivered the keynote address today at the inaugural graduation ceremony for the Wesleyan University Center for Prison Education (CPE), a program that allows students to enroll in a variety of courses and earn an associate degree from Middlesex Community College (MxCC). The ceremony, held at Cheshire Correctional Institution, saw the conferral of degrees to 18 inmates who are currently housed at the prison.

• 8/20/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces Imminent Completion of I-84 Widening Project in Waterbury

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced the imminent completion of the I-84 widening project in Waterbury, with three eastbound lanes opening this week, and the three westbound lanes opening by mid-September – one year early.

• 8/15/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on Outbreak of Overdose Cases in New Haven

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding the large string of overdoses resulting from tainted K2, or synthetic marijuana, drugs that have occurred in New Haven during the last 24 hours.

• 8/20/2018 Gov. Malloy: Federal Court Affirms Department of Children and Families Meets Four Additional Goals, Bringing State Closer to Ending Decades of Oversight

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced that the U.S. District Court overseeing the Juan F. consent decree today affirmed that the Connecticut Department of Children and Families has achieved and maintained four more of the 22 measures required to end 27 years of federal oversight of the agency. With these goals met, the court monitor has narrowed the remaining outcomes in the state’s exit plan to only five of the 22 outcomes that existed when the Malloy administration entered office in 2011.

• 8/20/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces Federal Approval of Major Disaster Declaration in Response to May’s Tornadoes and Severe Storms

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that his request for a major disaster declaration in connection with the May 15 tornadoes that impacted parts of the state has been approved for public assistance for New Haven and Fairfield Counties. The Governor’s request for assistance for individuals remains under review.

• 8/31/2018 Gov. Malloy: Connecticut Labor Department Recovers $4.9 Million in Owed Wages for Workers

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) has recovered more than $4.9 million in unpaid wages for Connecticut workers during the fiscal year that ended June 30.

• 8/20/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces $61.5 Million to Support Affordable Housing Development in Diverse Communities

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Department of Housing (DOH) Commissioner Evonne M. Klein, and Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) Executive Director Karl Kilduff today announced that the State of Connecticut will award more than $61.5 million in grants and loans to help create, rehabilitate, or expand 24 housing developments in 20 towns and cities across the state. The investments will create or rehabilitate 978 homes.