Press Releases

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• 12/1/2011 Friday: Gov. Malloy Holds News Conference on Witt Report, Participates in Fairfield Metro Station Ceremony, Attends Inaugurations in Brookfield & Waterbury

  On Friday at 10:00 a.m., Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference with Witt Associates Vice President Charles Fischer to discuss the findings in the firm’s independent review and analysis of the October Nor’Easter, which the Governor had requested in the storm’s immediate aftermath.

• 12/21/2011 Gov. Malloy Announces STEAP Awards for Connecticut Communities

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy visited five Connecticut towns today to announce Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) grants for capital improvement projects.

• 12/20/2011 Gov. Malloy Announces STEAP Awards for Thompson and Putnam

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) grants for projects in Thompson and Putnam.

• 12/15/2011 Gov. Malloy on End of Iraq War

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement on the end of the war in Iraq.

• 12/27/2011 Gov. Malloy Announces STEAP Grants for Towns in Central Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the towns of Berlin, Cromwell, Middlefield, Portland and Southington have each been awarded Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) grants for various capital improvement projects.

• 12/19/2011 Gov. Malloy on Announcement of November Employment Figures for Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today said that the news that Connecticut’s unemployment rate has dropped to the lowest level since June 2009 is “encouraging,” but stressed that “more needs to be done in the mission to reinvent Connecticut and stimulate job growth.”

• 12/30/2011 Gov. Malloy Announces STEAP Grants; Newtown, Sharon, Winchester, Burlington, Barkhamsted, Colebrook and Northwest Connecticut Regional Planning Collaborative

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today visited five more Connecticut communities to announce Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) funds for capital projects. The Governor also announced that the Northwest Connecticut Regional Planning Collaborative, which includes Canaan, Goshen, Kent, Norfolk, Salisbury, and Sharon, will receive a STEAP grant.

• 12/4/2011 Gov. Malloy Orders Investigation into Emergency Federal Food Aid Program

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that his administration is investigating multiple incidents of possible fraud against the state by individuals, including state employees, who received federal benefits from the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) after Tropical Storm Irene. The Governor also directed Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby to complete a systematic audit of irregularities in the applications for the emergency aid.

• 12/20/2011 Gov. Malloy Outlines Principles for Education Reform

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today sent a letter to state legislative leaders, as well as other key legislators and stakeholders, in which he outlined his principles for education reform. Those principles will serve as a “roadmap” for the upcoming 2012 session of the General Assembly, a session in which the Governor has repeatedly said he will focus on education.

• 12/7/2011 Gov. Malloy Statement on Ongoing Investigation of Emergency Federal Food Aid Program

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding an update on the investigation into the emergency federal food aid program.

• 12/6/2011 Gov. Malloy Orders Flags to Half Staff Wednesday for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy has ordered flags to half-staff in recognition of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, observed on December 7, which honors the lives lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

• 12/29/2011 Governor Malloy Announces $5.2 Million Federal Bonus for Children's Health Care

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Obama Administration has awarded a $5.2 million performance bonus to Connecticut for ‘ongoing and strong efforts to identify and enroll’ children in public health care coverage.

• 12/5/2011 Gov. Malloy's Counsel Outlines Next Steps in Investigation of Emergency Federal Food Aid Program

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s General Counsel this afternoon wrote to the commissioners and department heads of each state agency, explaining the forthcoming steps the Malloy Administration and the Department of Social Services (DSS) will be taking in its investigation of possible fraud of the federally funded D-SNAP program by state employees, and instructing the agency heads to fully cooperate.

• 12/13/2011 Gov. Malloy's Two Storm Panel to Receive Final Expert Testimony on Wednesday

  The working group Governor Dannel P. Malloy created to review the preparedness, response and recovery efforts of Tropical Storm Irene and the October Nor’easter will receive what is expected to be its final set of expert testimony on Wednesday, December 14.

• 12/27/2011 Gov. Malloy: "Time to Find Common Ground" and Avert Strike of Commercial Building Cleaners

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding the ongoing negotiations between the Hartford Area Cleaning Contractors Association and the commercial building cleaners, represented by Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union. The union represents roughly 2,000 workers in the Hartford and New Haven area.