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• 9/20/2017 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Dedicate New State Office Complex in Honor of Ella Grasso and Joseph Fauliso

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today held a dedication ceremony at the new state office complex located at 450 Columbus Boulevard in Hartford, where they announced that the two buildings on the property are being named in honor of former Governor Ella Grasso and former Lt. Governor Joseph J. Fauliso.

• 9/15/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on Budget Vote in Senate

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding the Senate budget vote.

• 9/7/2017 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statement on the Ninth Circuit Court Limiting the Scope of the Trump Administration's Travel Ban

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statement after the Ninth Circuit Court narrowed the scope of the Trump administration’s travel ban.

• 9/5/2017 Gov. Malloy and Emergency Management Officials Provide Storm Preparedness Tips as Height of Hurricane Season Approaches

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and state emergency management officials are reminding Connecticut residents that the tropics remain very active and people should take the needed steps to prepare well in advance of any storm threatening the state. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, with the principle threat period for Connecticut occurring between mid-August and mid-October.

• 9/14/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on Progress Toward a Biennium Budget

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement.

• 9/29/2017 Gov Malloy Announces Commissioner Connolly to Step Down from the Department of Veterans Affairs

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Commissioner Sean Connolly will depart from his position with the agency effective Wednesday, October 4, to pursue other professional opportunities.

• 10/2/2017 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Las Vegas Shooting

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements regarding last night's shooting in Las Vegas.

• 3/3/2017 Gov. Malloy Activates State’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol from Friday Evening Through Sunday Morning

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that in anticipation of temperatures over the next couple of days that are forecast to be in the single digits and wind chills potentially below zero, he is activating the state’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 3, 2017, and remaining in effect through 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 5.

• 9/28/2017 Malloy Administration Issues Guidance to School Districts Regarding Enrollment of Displaced Children from Puerto Rico

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and State Department of Education Commissioner Dianna R. Wentzell today announced that they are sending guidance to every school superintendent in the state outlining suggested protocols to ensure that any student arriving from Puerto Rico, or any affected storm area, has immediate access to school and expedited connections to the services they may need. In the days since Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria brought devastation to the island, the administration has received a number of inquiries from superintendents and other school officials requesting information on how to supervise this potential situation.

• 3/27/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Opportunities to Remediate and Revitalize Brownfields in Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is now accepting applications for its eleventh round of competitive grant funding for the state’s Brownfield Remediation Program, under which the state partners with local municipalities and economic development agencies to put blighted properties back into productive use. Under this round, a total of $4 million will be earmarked for remediation projects and $1 million will be reserved for assessment projects.

• 3/20/2017 Gov. Malloy Signs Order Transferring Two Review Boards to the Department of Developmental Services

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has signed an executive order that administratively moves from the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (OPA) to the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) two review boards that review and investigate the deaths of individuals with intellectual disabilities.

• 3/27/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on Committee Approval of Constitutional Amendment Protecting Transportation Funds

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding a vote tonight in the state legislature's Government Administration and Elections Committee approving a constitutional amendment he introduced that will protect funds set aside for transportation.

• 3/23/2017 Gov. Malloy Commemorates the Seventh Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, noting that the number of people without health insurance in Connecticut is at the lowest point in history, today applauded the seventh anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Through the adoption of the law and the coverage it has extended through Access Heath CT, the state’s healthcare exchange, Connecticut is among the states with the lowest uninsured rates in the nation.

• 3/16/2017 Gov. Malloy: Economic Impact Study Finds Tourism Contributes $14.7 Billion to Connecticut Economy, Posts Five Straight Years of Job Growth in State

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and the Connecticut Office of Tourism today announced the results of an economic impact study of the tourism industry in Connecticut, showing total direct and indirect business sales supported by the travel industry reached $14.7 billion in 2015 – a 4.6 percent increase since 2013. The study also shows that tourism employment grew 2 percent since 2013 to reach 82,688 jobs in 2015, the fifth straight year of employment growth.

• 3/14/2017 Gov. Malloy Lifts Statewide Travel Ban Effective at 5PM Today, Encourages Residents to Remain Off Roads if Possible

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced this afternoon that the travel ban on state roads that went into effect early this morning will be lifted effective at 5:00 p.m. today, but he is still urging motorists to stay off the roads if possible this evening as conditions remain treacherous.