Press Releases

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• 10/6/2018 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Final Vote Confirming the Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to Serve on the U.S. Supreme Court

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements in response to the final vote in the U.S. Senate today confirming the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to serve as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

• 10/5/2018 Gov. Malloy Directs Flags to Half-Staff Monday in Honor of World War II Sailor From Bridgeport

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Monday, October 8, 2018 in honor of U.S. Navy Water Tender 1st Class Stephen Pepe of Bridgeport, who was killed in action in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and whose remains were recently identified and returned to his family. A burial with full military honors is being held Monday in Bourne, Massachusetts.

• 2/15/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces Stay of Deportation Granted for Farmington Family

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that a stay of deportation has been granted to Zhe Long “Tony” Huang and Xiang Jin “Kris” Li of Farmington. Earlier today, the Governor, along with Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman and State Representative William Tong, met with Huang and had a conversation with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials imploring them to grant a stay for family.

• 10/2/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces Federal Funding to Provide Mental Health Services for Children and Families Who Evacuated Homes Due to Hurricane Maria

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State of Connecticut is receiving a $750,000 federal grant to provide mental health support to children and their families who were evacuated from their homes and are living in Connecticut as a result of Hurricane Maria.

• 2/12/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces Open Space Grants That Will Preserve Nearly 2,005 Acres of Land in 23 Towns Across Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that $6.05 million in state grants are being awarded to 23 municipalities across Connecticut to support the purchase of 2,005 acres of land that will be preserved as open space.

• 2/6/2018 Gov. Malloy’s Budget Protects Connecticut Residents from Negative Effects of Trump’s Tax Law

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s FY19 budget adjustment proposal contains two specific provisions to protect Connecticut residents and employers from the negative effects of the federal Republican tax law that was adopted by Congress late last year and signed by President Trump.

• 2/14/2018 Gov. Malloy Tours Planned Parenthood Facility, Pushes for Health Care Legislation

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today toured the Planned Parenthood Hartford North Health Center and pushed for adoption of health care legislation he introduced in his State of the State address. The proposal includes a state-level individual mandate and ensures no-cost contraceptive care for Connecticut women.

• 2/8/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on CVS Health’s Pro-Employee Decisions

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement on CVS Health’s decision to raise starting wages for hourly employees to $11 per hour, hold employee health care premiums in check, and create a new paid parental leave policy.

• 2/12/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on White House Infrastructure Proposal

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s infrastructure proposal.

• 2/12/2018 Gov. Malloy Urges DHS Secretary to Stay Deportation of Farmington Family

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen requesting that her agency stay the planned deportation of Zhe Long ‘Tony’ Huang and Xiang ‘Kris’ Li to China. The couple currently reside in Farmington, Connecticut with their two children, who are both American citizens.

• 2/26/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces Municipalities Can Begin Applying for Consideration as Opportunity Zones

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State of Connecticut has begun an application process for towns and cities that are interested in participating in the federal government’s recently established Opportunity Zone program. A new community development program, Opportunity Zones are a creation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 to induce long-term investments in low-income communities.

• 2/13/2018 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Provide Testimony in Support of Financial Aid for Undocumented Students

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today provided written testimony to the legislature’s Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee in support of House Bill 5031, An Act Equalizing Access to Student-Generated Financial Aid, which will allow students, regardless of their immigration status, to receive equal access to financial aid.

• 2/16/2018 Gov. Malloy, Attorney General Jepsen and Commissioner Klee Statements on the EPA’s Denial of Clean Air Petition

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Attorney General George Jepsen, and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Robert Klee released the following statements following the proposed decision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny Connecticut’s Clean Air Act Section 126 petition related to the Brunner Island Power Plant.

• 2/2/2018 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Congratulate Connecticut Athletes Competing in the 2018 Olympic Winter Games

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman are congratulating the Connecticut athletes who are set to represent the United States in the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

• 2/19/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces Drop in Recidivism and Projected Prison Population

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced that as a result of Connecticut’s criminal justice reform initiatives, newly available data from two reports that were released today are showing that recidivism rates and the projected prison population are continuing to drop in Connecticut. Recidivism rates have been declining in each of the four categories that are regularly monitored by the Office of Policy and Management – new arrests, new convictions, returns-to-prison for any reason, and returns-to-prison to begin a new sentence of incarceration – and the prison population is projected to drop by 726 prisoners (approximately 5.25 percent) over the next year, continuing the precipitous drop the state has observed during the course of this administration.