Press Releases

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• 9/19/2011 Gov. Malloy Announces Release of $30 Million in Federal Funds for High-Speed Rail

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced the release of $30 million in federal funding for the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield passenger rail corridor.

• 9/19/2011 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Kicks Off CT Employment & Training Commission Meeting, Attends Uconn Building Dedication, Speaks at Advocacy Unlimited Presentation

  On Tuesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will open a meeting of the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission, during which the commission’s new chairman, Donald Shubert, will be introduced.

• 9/19/2011 OPM Secretary Ben Barnes Says Malloy Administration Has Plan in Place To Deal with Cut in Federal Funding for Heating Assistance

  Benjamin Barnes, Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, released the following statement about the Administration’s proposal to refocus its home heating funding program, after a cut in federal funding to the state. While the exact amount of funding from the federal government is unknown at this time, budget analysts expect the program to cost approximately $120 million, which is about $73 million more than is expected to be available.

• 9/16/2011 Gov. Malloy on National POW/MIA Recognition Day

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement on National POW/MIA Recognition Day, September 16, 2011.

• 9/16/2011 Gov. Malloy Announces Federal Assistance for Individuals Nearing $2 Million for Tropical Storm Irene

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that more than $1,962,554.72 in federal assistance to date has been approved to help individuals with disaster expenses since President Obama approved his Disaster Declaration request as a result of Tropical Storm Irene.

• 9/15/2011 Malloy Administration on Quinnipiac Poll

  Roy Occhiogrosso, Senior Advisor to the Governor, released the following statement regarding today’s Quinnipiac University poll.

• 9/15/2011 Gov. Malloy Announces Increased Staffing at State Crime Lab

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that funding has been authorized for increased staffing at the State Crime Lab. The funding is a reallocation of existing resources. In recent years, the lab has struggled to keep up with a dramatic increase in its workload and reductions in its professional staff.

• 9/15/2011 Friday: Gov. Malloy Attends BD Anniversary Celebration in Canaan, Speaks at Inauguration of UConn President Herbst

  On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will visit BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) to attend the celebration of the company’s 50th anniversary of its Canaan facility. BD is a leading global medical technology company that develops, manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems and reagents. The company employs about 350 workers at its Canaan facility, which opened in 1961.

• 9/14/2011 Thursday: Gov. Malloy Keynotes CT AFL-CIO Convention, Tours CT FEMA Headquarters

  On Thursday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will give the keynote address at the Connecticut AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention, where he will speak about the economy and his efforts to grow jobs in the state.

• 9/14/2011 Gov. Malloy Appoints Elin Swanson Katz as Consumer Counsel

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced he has appointed Elin Swanson Katz of West Hartford to serve as Consumer Counsel for the State of Connecticut.

• 9/13/2011 Gov. Malloy: FEMA Opens Additional Disaster Recovery Centers in East Haven, Guilford

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that two additional FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) will open Thursday in East Haven and Guilford for purposes of assisting home owners and businesses affected by Tropical Storm Irene.

• 9/13/2011 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Attends Ceremony Honoring Connecticut's 9/11 First Responders & Volunteers

  On Wednesday evening, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will join U.S. Attorney David Fein, Department of Emergency Services & Public Protection Commissioner Reuben Bradford, and Executive Director of Voices of September 11th Mary Fetchet at a ceremony in Westport honoring first responders at the World Trade Center and other locations during the attacks of September 11, 2001.

• 9/13/2011 Gov. Malloy Appoints Four to Connecticut Airport Authority Board; Names Chair

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today appointed four people to the Connecticut Airport Authority and named the board’s chair.

• 9/13/2011 Gov. Malloy Appoints Members to Reconstituted Clean Energy Authority; Names DECD Commissioner Catherine Smith as Chair

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today said that the Board of Directors of the reconstituted Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA) will soon be working to institute new initiatives that will drive innovation and boost the use of environmentally friendly energy in the state.

• 9/13/2011 Gov. Malloy Appoints Members of S.T.O.R.M. Irene Panel

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today appointed members to the State Team Organized for the Review of Management of Irene (S.T.O.R.M. Irene) assessment team. The team, which is comprised of a group of people with diverse professional backgrounds in the military, disaster relief, municipal government, non-profit and labor sectors, will review the performance of the state and its partners – including the utilities and municipalities – in terms of the preparedness and response and recovery efforts related to Tropical Storm Irene.