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• 8/24/2017 Gov. Malloy Directs Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of U.S. Navy Petty Officer Dustin Doyon

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to fly at half-staff beginning immediately in honor of U.S. Navy Electronics Technician 3rd Class Dustin Louis Doyon, 26, of Suffield, who was among those who died onboard the U.S.S. John S. McCain when it collided with a merchant vessel near Singapore.

• 8/24/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on President Trump’s Pardoning of Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy tonight released the following statement regarding President Trump’s pardoning of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was convicted last month of illegally targeting Latinos.

• 8/23/2017 Gov. Malloy Receives Report on the State’s Financial Support to Municipalities

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today received the first municipal aid report from the Office of Policy and Management in response to his request of August 2. This first report provides a big-picture analysis of state-provided aid to local governments, including expenditures from grants and funding for capital projects. Additionally, it contextualizes that information with other areas of state funding in recent years.

• 8/23/2017 Gov. Malloy Appoints Donald DeFronzo as Chairman of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation’s Board of Directors

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is appointing Donald J. DeFronzo of New Britain to serve as Chairman of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation’s (CLC) Board of Directors, the 13-member group responsible for governing the operations and management of the quasi-public agency.

• 8/22/2017 Gov. Malloy Says States Acting to Address Climate Change by Strengthening RGGI Program

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut energy and environment officials today applauded a proposal by states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to further reduce carbon emissions from power plants and make other enhancements to the nation’s first market-based regulatory program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• 8/17/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Revised Executive Order Resource Allocation Plan

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced revisions to the Executive Order Resource Allocation Plan, along with new municipal aid distributions associated with the plan. The changes accommodate the restoration of $40 million to private, nonprofit health and human service providers, prioritizing education funding to communities with the highest student needs by holding harmless the 30 Alliance Districts, and $60 million of other adjustments that must be made to ensure that the state lives within its limited means under the executive order.

• 8/17/2017 Gov. Malloy, Senators Blumenthal and Murphy, Attorney General Jepsen Defend Designation of Long Island Sound Dredging Site

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Senator Chris Murphy, and Attorney General George Jepsen released the following statements regarding an announcement that New York State has filed a lawsuit to block a finalized U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule that will permanently designate the new Eastern Long Island Sound dredging disposal site.

• 8/16/2017 Gov. Malloy’s Prepared Remarks from Today’s News Conference in Hartford

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy delivered the following prepared remarks during a news conference this afternoon in Hartford.

• 8/14/2017 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Congratulate Jack Betkoski on Being Named President of National Group Representing Utility Commissions

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman are congratulating Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) Vice Chairman John W. “Jack” Betkoski III on being named President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). In this position, Commissioner Betkoski will oversee the national organization that represents utility commissions responsible for regulating utilities that provide essential services such as energy, telecommunications, power, water, and transportation.

• 8/14/2017 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on CBO Analysis of Ending Affordable Care Act Subsidies

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements in response to the release of a report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the impact of halting payments to insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act, as President Trump has threatened to do.

• 8/14/2017 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Fifth Anniversary of DACA

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements on the fifth anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy.

• 8/11/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on This Weekend's Events in Charlottesville

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding this weekend’s events in Charlottesville, Virginia.

• 8/10/2017 Gov. Malloy Meets with Leaders of Municipal Organizations

• 8/9/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces CTtransit Bus Service Will Expand to the UConn Storrs Campus Beginning August 13

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Commissioner James P. Redeker today announced that beginning August 13, the existing CTtransit bus route that services destinations between Hartford and Tolland is expanding further east and will now include new stops in Storrs. The route extension will – for the first time ever – provide UConn students, faculty, and staff the ability to connect to the main UConn campus in Storrs, the downtown Hartford campus, and UConn Health in Farmington via public transit, in addition to a wide variety of other destinations in between.

• 8/8/2017 Gov. Malloy and Emergency Management Officials Remind Residents That the Height of Hurricane Season Runs Mid-August through Mid-October

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and state emergency management officials are reminding Connecticut residents that as the height of the Atlantic Hurricane Season approaches, people should take needed steps to prepare for any type of severe weather that may impact the state. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, with the principle threat period for Connecticut occurring between mid-August and mid-October.