News Releases

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• 7/10/2019 Hartford Courant - Second Credit Rating Agency Upgrades Connecticut's Bond Outlook

• 4/19/2021 Treasurer Shawn Wooden Visits Covid-19 Vaccine Clinic In Waterbury And Works To Combat Vaccine Hesitancy Among Communities Of Color And Promote Efforts To Close The Vaccine Equity Gap; Applauds The City Of Waterbury And Saint Mary’s Hospital For Their Efforts To Help Socially Vulnerable Communities Get Vaccinated

• 11/2/2021 Treasurer Wooden Announces 2021 CHET Dream Big! Winners; Prizes Will Help Students Save For Higher Education; Over $4.5 Million Has Been Awarded To Connecticut Students Since 2013

• 3/31/2022 Connecticut’s New Projected $1.5 Billion Surplus For Fiscal Year 2022: Shares Outlook On Global And U.S. Markets Climate

• 11/9/2022 Treasurer Shawn Wooden Statement of Congratulations for Treasurer-Elect Erick Russell

• 6/1/2023 Treasurer Russell Announces Successful $715 Million General Obligation Bond Sale

• 9/25/2023 Governor Lamont, Treasurer Russell, and Comptroller Scanlon Announce Transfer of $1.3 Billion To Pay Down Pension Debt

• 12/4/2024 Treasurer Erick Russell Announces More Than $1.6 Billion in Investment Commitments at December Investment Advisory Council Meeting

• 4/5/2019 Treasurer Wooden, Governor Lamont, Teachers Urge Passage of Act to Stabilize Teachers' Retirement Fund; Plan Would Save Nearly $900 Million Over Next Five Years

• 9/23/2021 Treasurer Wooden Testifies Before Congress In Review of the Federal Reserve’s Emergency Lending Powers During the Pandemic; Wooden Delivers Testimony Before the Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy to Address Future Economic Crises

• 3/30/2022 Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden Presents Bill For Automatic Payment Of Unclaimed Property Valued Under $2,500; Legislative enhancements would also require the online publication of all unclaimed property received by the Office of the Treasurer

• 2/12/2020 Larson, Courtney, Wooden Meet to Discuss Legislation to Help Connecticut Residents Claim Savings Bonds

• 4/18/2020 Waterbury Republican American - Treasurer: Objectives are practical

• 10/20/2023 Treasurer Russell Announces Successful $1.2 Billion Transportation Bond Sale Following Kroll AAA Credit Rating Upgrade

• 5/9/2024 Treasurer Erick Russell Statement on Improvements to Unclaimed Property Program Passed by Legislature