Press Releases

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• 3/26/2013 Gov. Malloy: Super Storm Sandy Aid Tops $250 Million

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that more than $250 million in federal assistance to date has been approved to help individuals and businesses with disaster expenses since President Obama approved his Disaster Declaration request as a result of Super Storm Sandy.

• 3/26/2013 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Visits Alliance District Schools in Meriden and Ansonia, Hosts Community Forum in Naugatuck

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will visit John C. Prendergast School in Ansonia, followed by a visit to the Women and Families Center in Meriden, for roundtable conversations with administrators and teachers on the progress their respective education programs have achieved since their school districts were approved by the state last year as Alliance Districts.

• 3/26/2013 Gov. Malloy Directs Additional Agencies to Implement Lean Processes that Create Further Efficiencies & Cost Savings

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has directed the commissioners of each remaining state agency to begin implementing specific project management processes that have already shown positive results in several state agencies and are designed to maximize customer value while minimizing waste, create efficiencies, and ultimately save taxpayer dollars.

• 3/25/2013 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Holds Commissioners Meeting, Speaks at Transportation Conference, Participates in Infinity Hall Groundbreaking

  On Tuesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a meeting with the commissioners of each state agency, where the Governor will make an announcement about the administration’s efforts to continue streamlining state services, create efficiencies and save taxpayer money.

• 3/22/2013 Gov. Malloy to Host Community Forum in Naugatuck on Wednesday

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he will host a community forum in Naugatuck on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Naugatuck High School's Library Resource Room (543 Rubber Avenue, Naugatuck).

• 3/22/2013 Saturday: Gov. Malloy Runs in Sandy Hook Run for the Families, Speaks at Amistad Center Exhibition Opening

  On Saturday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will speak at the opening ceremony and then run in the Sandy Hook Run for the Families 5K event in Hartford.

• 3/21/2013 Gov. Malloy: President Obama Approves Major Disaster Declaration

  President Barack Obama has approved Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s request for a major disaster declaration for federal aid in connection with the historic February blizzard.

• 3/21/2013 Gov. Malloy: Small Business Program on Track to Create and Retain Thousands of Connecticut Jobs

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Senate President Donald Williams, Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey, and Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Commissioner Catherine Smith, held a ceremonial bill signing today for Public Act 13-2, An Act Making Manufacturing Assistance Act Funds Available for the Small Business Express Program. The legislation permits DECD to administer $60 million in funding under EXP guidelines rather than under the Manufacturing Assistance Act, where it was originally allocated.

• 3/21/2013 Gov. Malloy: Sandy Hook Advisory Commission to Hold Meeting Friday on Mental Health Services

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission is next scheduled to meet on Friday, March 22, at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, where they will receive testimony from experts on the topic of mental health, including issues related to access to care, public awareness, and discrimination.

• 3/21/2013 Gov. Malloy Directs Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of Roger W. Muchnick Jr.

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today directed flags to remain at half-staff in honor of Marine Lance Corporal Roger W. Muchnick Jr., who was killed during a training exercise in Nevada.

• 3/21/2013 Gov. Malloy Statement on the Investigation of the Newtown Tragedy

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding the investigation of the Newtown tragedy.

• 3/21/2013 Friday: Gov. Malloy Participates in New Haven Downtown Crossing Groundbreaking, Speaks at Latina Business Leaders Summit

  On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will join New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, Jr., Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, and other local officials and guests at a groundbreaking ceremony for New Haven’s Downtown Crossing project.

• 3/20/2013 Statement from Mark Ojakian on Municipal Funding

  Mark Ojakian, Chief of Staff to Governor Dannel P. Malloy, released the following statement today concerning state funding for municipalities.

• 3/20/2013 Thursday: Gov. Malloy Signs Legislation Helping Small Businesses Expand and Create Jobs, Holds Community Forum in Norwich

  On Thursday afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a bill signing ceremony at a small business in Plainville to commemorate passage of legislation that makes funds available for the state’s popular Small Business Express Program (EXP).

• 3/19/2013 Gov. Malloy Statement on U.S. Senate Gun Violence Legislation

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding the exclusion of the assault weapons ban in the gun control legislation that is pending before the U.S. Senate.