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• 1/31/2013 ‘NEXT GENERATION CONNECTICUT’ WILL POSITION UCONN AS A LEADING RESEARCH INSTITUTION

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman, joined by University of Connecticut (UConn) President Susan Herbst, Senate President Don Williams, Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey, representatives from United Technologies, and state officials, announced a $1.5 billion investment in UConn to support major expansions across three campuses, bring thousands of jobs to the state, and, over the next ten years, catalyze hundreds of millions of dollars in research investment and business activity.

• 1/3/2013 GOV. MALLOY CREATES SANDY HOOK ADVISORY COMMISSION TO ADDRESS KEY POLICY AREAS IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced the formation of the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, an expert panel that will review current policy and make specific recommendations in the areas of public safety, with particular attention paid to school safety, mental health, and gun violence prevention.

• 1/30/2013 WEDNESDAY: GOV. MALLOY SPEAKS AT RALLY TO PROTECT THE SAFETY NET, ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO PROTECT HOMEOWNERS DEALING WITH FORECLOSURE, WELCOMES ATTENDEES TO HARTFORD FOUNDATION FORUM

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman will speak at a rally outside of the State Capitol building in Hartford on protecting the safety net of programs and services offered by the state’s nonprofit community.

• 7/8/2013 GOV. MALLOY & LT. GOV. WYMAN ON THE PASSING OF DONALD IRWIN

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements on the passing of Donald J. Irwin of Norwalk

• 7/10/2013 GOV. MALLOY: CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT ON AGING WILL BETTER SERVE STATE’S GROWING SENIOR POPULATION

  Governor Signs Legislation Establishing the New State Department on Aging

• 1/23/2013 GOV. MALLOY: IT'S TIME FOR THE STATE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO ADDRESS GENDER WAGE DISPARITY

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Connecticut Department of Labor, led by Commissioner Sharon Palmer, and the Department of Economic and Community Development, led by Commissioner Catherine Smith, will study the factors that contribute to the gender wage gap in Connecticut’s workforce and make recommendations for actions that will eliminate that inequity.

• 7/31/2013 THURSDAY: GOV. MALLOY & LT. GOV. WYMAN ANNOUNCE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN CLINTON, DEEP RIVER & GLASTONBURY

  On Thursday, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman will each hold news conferences in Clinton, Deep River and Glastonbury, where they will announce the approval of state grants for certain capital improvement projects in each of the three towns

• 1/31/2013 THURSDAY: GOV. MALLOY KEYNOTES WATERBURY REGIONAL CHAMBER MEETING, ANNOUNCES MAJOR LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL

  Governor Malloy will hold a news conference at Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford to unveil a major legislative proposal. He will be joined by Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst, State Senate President Donald E. Williams, Jr., Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey, and other state lawmakers.

• 7/25/2013 Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman Joins in Read-Aloud For Local Children At Bridgeport YMCA

  KNICKS ALUMNUS JOHN STARKS PARTICIPATES IN CABLEVISION’S “KNICKS READ TO ACHIEVE @POWERTOLEARN.COM” SUMMER READING EVENT PRESENTED BY KIA MOTORS

• 7/8/2013 GOV. MALLOY & LT. GOV. WYMAN ON THE PASSING OF JACK BANNAN

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements on the passing of John H. “Jack” Bannan, Sr. of Simsbury

• 7/12/2013 GOV. MALLOY AND LT. GOV. WYMAN ON THE PASSING OF DR. LOUIS A. MAGNARELLI

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statement on the passing of Dr. Louis A. Magnarelli, Director of The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES).

• 7/10/2013 GOVERNOR MALLOY: FEDS MUST PROVIDE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH NEEDED FLEXIBILITY

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman and State Department of Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor, announced today his intention to seek the U.S. Department of Education’s authorization to provide Connecticut school districts with new flexibility on statewide standardized tests.

• 5/2/2013 MADISON SOLDIER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN TO BE ADDED TO WALL OF HONOR IN STATE CAPITOL MAY 23rd

  The portrait of a Madison soldier killed in Afghanistan earlier this year will be added to the Wall of Honor tribute in the State Capitol complex at the annual addendum ceremony scheduled for May 23rd

• 5/14/2013 GOV. MALLOY, LT. GOV. WYMAN TO HOST COMMUNITY FORUM IN BRISTOL ON THURSDAY

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today announced that they will host a community forum in Bristol on Thursday, May 16, 2013, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Greene-Hills School

• 7/16/2013 LT. GOVERNOR WYMAN IN OKLAHOMA FOR NATIONAL LT. GOVERNOR'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE

  Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman is joining her colleagues from around the nation this week at the National Lieutenant Governor’s Association annual meeting in Oklahoma City, OK.