Press Releases

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• 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 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.

• 2/12/2018 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.

• 2/13/2018 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.

• 2/14/2018 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.

• 2/2/2018 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.

• 2/16/2018 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.

• 2/21/2018 Gov. Malloy Urges Trump Administration to Consider Connecticut Legislation on Firearm Enhancements When Enacting Federal Reforms

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today wrote a letter to United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions, recommending that as the Attorney General’s Office drafts regulations regarding firearm bump stocks as requested yesterday by President Trump, they should utilize legislation he has proposed on the issue because of its carefully constructed, comprehensive, and inclusive language, which was specifically designed to increase effectiveness and improve public safety.

• 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.

• 2/20/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on President Trump’s Plan to Draft Regulations on Bump Stocks

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding an announcement made by President Trump this afternoon that he has directed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to draft regulations regarding bump stocks.

• 2/28/2018 Gov. Malloy on Decision by Walmart to Raise the Age of Firearm Purchases to 21

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding the announcement made by Walmart this evening that the retail chain will raise the age of firearm and ammunition purchases to 21.

• 2/28/2018 Gov. Malloy Encourages School Districts to Take Advantage of Connected Learning Initiatives

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today encouraged school districts to take advantage of the Connecting Connecticut Classrooms (C3 Initiative) program, a partnership among his office, the Connecticut Commission for Educational Technology (CET), and EducationSuperHighway, a national nonprofit focused on upgrading internet access in every public school classroom in America. The program provides free consulting, training, and technical support to Connecticut districts, enabling them to take full advantage of federal funds to build state-of-the-art networks that leverage today's educational technology resources.

• 2/28/2018 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Decision by Dick’s Sporting Goods to Stop Selling Assault-Style Rifles

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statement regarding the decision by Dick’s Sporting Goods to stop selling assault-style rifles in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Dick’s is also advocating for commonsense gun reform, calling on elected officials to raise the age to purchase guns to 21, ban assault-type weapons, ban bump stocks, and support universal background checks.

• 2/2/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces $10 Million to Enhance Security at 182 Schools Across Connecticut in Most Recent Round of School Security Grants

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State of Connecticut has approved an additional round grants totaling $10 million that will be used to enhance security infrastructure at 182 public and private schools in 51 towns and cities across the state. The funds were approved under the School Security Grant Program that was created in 2013 as part of a broad legislative package signed into law by the Governor focusing on gun violence prevention, mental health, and school security issues.