Press Releases

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• 4/14/2011 Friday: Governor Malloy Gives Keynote Speech on Infrastructure and Economic Growth at Conference in New York

  On Friday afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will join regional, national, and international leaders at the Regional Plan Association 2011 Annual Regional Assembly in New York City, where he will give a keynote speech concerning his goals for the future of Connecticut’s infrastructure, sustainability, and competitiveness.

• 4/13/2011 Thursday: Gov. Malloy Holds News Conference Wrapping Up Town Hall Meetings and Reflecting Upon First 100 Days in Office

  Tomorrow afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference to discuss what he’s learned throughout his 17 Town Hall Meetings, and reflect upon his first 100 days in office.

• 4/13/2011 Gov. Malloy on President Obama-s Fiscal Policy Address

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement after President Obama’s fiscal policy address.

• 4/12/2011 Wednesday: Governor Malloy Attends UConn School of Nursing Groundbreaking- Receives Award at Boston College

  On Wednesday afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will join officials from the University of Connecticut at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Widmer Wing building addition at the UConn School of Nursing in Storrs. The new wing will be home to the school’s enrollment and admission services, classrooms, and clinical simulation laboratories.

• 4/12/2011 Gov. Malloy Statement on Equal Pay Day

  Governor Malloy released the following statement today on Equal Pay Day.

• 4/11/2011 Tuesday: Governor Malloy Wraps Up Town Hall Meetings in Middletown

  On Tuesday evening, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a Town Hall Meeting in Middletown – the final stop in his current series of seventeen constituent meetings that has taken him from one end of the state to the other. The seventeen meetings, which began February 21 in Bridgeport, have given the Governor an opportunity to conduct an open dialogue with the residents of Connecticut on the pressing economic issues facing our state.

• 4/11/2011 Federal Transit Administration Release: FTA Administrator Rogoff Announces $6.3 Million for New Britain-Hartford Busway Project

  Progress continues on the New Britain-Hartford Busway project thanks to a $6.3 million Federal Transit Administration (FTA) formula grant announced today by FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff. The grant will provide dollars for engineering services and property acquisition.

• 4/9/2011 Sunday: Governor Malloy Attends News Conference for Red Cross Workers in New Britain, Attends Litchfield Hills Film Festival Showing

  On Sunday afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will attend a news conference in New Britain being hosted by Red Cross blood collection workers who have been working without a contract for two years. Later Sunday afternoon, Governor Malloy will attend the Litchfield Hills Film Festival showing of "In a Town This Size," a documentary film about an Oklahoma town and its long-suppressed tragedy of childhood sexual abuse. A discussion with the filmmaker, Patrick V. Brown, will follow.

• 4/8/2011 Gov. Malloy Announces $40 Million for High Speed Rail Funds Released to Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that $40 million in previously allocated stimulus funding was released today to Connecticut. Governor Malloy spoke at length with U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood about this when they met last month.

• 4/8/2011 Governor Malloy Announces Connecticut Awarded $33 Million to Help Unemployed Homeowners Facing Threat of Foreclosure

  Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that Connecticut will receive $33 million in aid from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Emergency Homeowners' Loan Program to assist homeowners facing foreclosure. Applications for this program are now being accepted by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA). Information about the program is available at the CHFA website www.CHFA.ORG and by calling 877-571-CHFA (2432).

• 4/8/2011 Today: Governor Malloy to Hold Media Availability to Brief Residents on Connecticut’s Preparations in Advance of Possible Shutdown of Federal Government

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a media availability today at 5:00 p.m. to brief Connecticut residents on the state’s preparations in advance of a possible shutdown of the Federal Government.

• 4/7/2011 Gov. Malloy Selects Terrence W. Macy as Developmental Services Commissioner

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today selected Terrence W. Macy, Ph.D. of Madison to serve as Commissioner of the state Department of Developmental Services (DDS).

• 4/7/2011 Today: Governor Malloy to Make Major Administration Appointment

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy will make a major administration appointment today at 11:30.

• 4/7/2011 Friday: Governor Malloy Administers Oaths of Office to Judges Espinosa and Harper

  On Friday, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will administer the oaths of office in two separate ceremonies to the Honorable Carmen Espinosa of Southington, who was recently confirmed to be a Judge of the Appellate Court, and the Honorable Lubbie Harper, Jr. of North Haven, who was recently confirmed to be a Justice of the Supreme Court.

• 4/7/2011 Governor Malloy: $1 Million Federal Grant to Improve Patient Care in Medicaid, Medicare

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today welcomed a $1 million federal grant to help Connecticut pioneer a coordinated system of care for elders and adults with disabilities covered by both Medicaid and Medicare – a group that now consumes the highest amount of taxpayer health care dollars.