Press Releases

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• 2/24/2014 Gov. Malloy: Congress Must Act Soon to Ensure Appropriate Levels of Federal Highway and Transit Funding to Continue Critical State Transportation Infrastructure Programs

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today urged Congress to quickly approve federal highway and transit budgets so that states can plan properly, continue investments in transportation infrastructure programs and keep the economy moving forward.

• 2/21/2014 Gov. Malloy: State Flags to be Lowered in Honor of Rep. Elaine O-Brien

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy directed Connecticut flags to half-staff in honor of State Rep. Elaine O’Brien, who passed away overnight. She was elected to the General Assembly in 2010 to serve the 61st District, which includes Suffield, East Granby and Windsor.

• 2/21/2014 Gov. Malloy Attends Meeting at the White House to Discuss Efforts to Raise the Minimum Wage

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today attended a meeting at the White House with Vice President Joseph Biden, U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, International President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Mary Kay Henry, Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling, Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama, and others to discuss state-level efforts to raise the minimum wage.

• 2/21/2014 Photo: Gov. Malloy Attends Meeting at the White House to Discuss Efforts to Raise the Minimum Wage

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today attended a meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, International President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Mary Kay Henry, Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling, Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Obama, and others to discuss state-level efforts to raise the minimum wage.

• 2/20/2014 Gov. Malloy Urges Residents, Businesses and Municipalities to Clear Snow from Roofs

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today reminded Connecticut residents of the importance of clearing snow from their roofs prior to more winter weather hitting the state.

• 2/20/2014 Gov. Malloy Orders Unprecedented Amount of State Data to be Made Available to the Public in Major Transparency and Open Government Effort

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced he has signed an executive order that will result in widespread amounts of raw government data to be collected, placed on the internet, and shared with the public in a major effort to increase transparency and provide a useful database that can be utilized by residents for any number of purposes. The Governor explained that the purpose of the order is to display data in its rawest form, before it has been aggregated and analyzed.

• 2/20/2014 Gov. Malloy Says Federal Funds Available for Purchase of Property Rights in Floodplains Impacted by Storm Sandy

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today advised landowners who own property in floodplains impacted by Storm Sandy to consider taking advantage of a program that will pay them for allowing the federal government to take steps to permanently protect their land.

• 2/20/2014 Weekend: Gov. Malloy Attends National Governors Association Conference

  On Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will join a bipartisan group of the nation’s governors at the National Governors Association’s 2014 Winter Meeting in Washington, DC.

• 2/20/2014 Gov. Malloy: Connecticut Agriculture Leads New England in Growth Rate

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy made the following statement in reaction to preliminary 2012 Census of Agriculture data released today by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at the Agricultural Outlook Forum in Arlington, VA.

• 2/19/2014 Gov. Malloy: State Must Continue to Invest in Cities and Towns

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today highlighted his continued support for Connecticut’s municipalities today in remarks to the annual meeting of the Connecticut Council of Small Towns (COST). Since taking office, the Governor has consistently supported municipal governments with additional funding for both education and general aid.

• 2/18/2014 Gov. Malloy Applauds Committee's Decision on Allocation of Disaster Mitigation Funding

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today applauded the decision of the Connecticut Interagency Hazard Mitigation Committee to revise the state’s allocation of federal Hazard Mitigation Funds.

• 2/18/2014 Gov. Malloy: ConnDOT Has Delivered Thousands of Tons of Road Salt to Replenish Municipal Supplies

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) has distributed nearly 5,000 tons of salt to 42 Connecticut cities and towns to replenish diminishing local supplies caused by an unusually harsh winter season.

• 2/18/2014 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Governor Wyman to Hold Community Forum in Norwalk Wednesday Evening

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today said that he is looking forward to holding the first event in this year’s series of gubernatorial community forums in Norwalk on Wednesday evening, saying that the forum is an opportunity to discuss his agenda for the future with state residents.

• 2/18/2014 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Participates in National Coast Guard Museum Ceremony, Keynotes Small Towns Conference, Holds Community Forum in Norwalk

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will participate in a ceremony in New London, where he will sign a memorandum of agreement committing the State of Connecticut to support the development of the planned National Coast Guard Museum.

• 2/18/2014 Photo: Gov. Malloy Meets With Advocates Visiting Capitol to Support a Minimum Wage Increase

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy on Tuesday afternoon met in his office with a group of advocates who were visiting the State Capitol to testify at a public hearing of the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee in support of his proposal to increase the state’s minimum wage to $10.10 by 2017.