Press Releases

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• 6/19/2013 Gov. Malloy Statement on Signing Campaign Finance Legislation

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding his signing of the campaign finance legislation.

• 6/19/2013 Thursday: Gov. Malloy Participates in Statewide Storm Preparedness Drill, Attends Park Square West Groundbreaking in Stamford

  On Thursday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will kick-off a two-day statewide emergency preparedness drill designed to simulate a major ice storm.

• 6/19/2013 Gov. Malloy Signs State Budget With No New Taxes

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has signed the fiscal year 2014/2015 state budget into law, which continues to invest in public education and job creation, and does it without any new taxes.

• 6/18/2013 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Discusses Urban Violence in New Britain, Tours Wallingford Greenhouses

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will join New Britain Mayor Tim O’Brien, New Britain Police Chief James Wardwell, members of the New Britain City Council, and community stakeholders for a roundtable discussion on urban gun violence, including gun violence reduction strategies, community policing efforts, and other urban crime mitigation efforts.

• 6/18/2013 Gov. Malloy: Statewide Emergency Preparedness Drill to be Held This Week

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that a two-day statewide emergency preparedness drill designed to simulate a major ice storm in the western part of the state will take place on June 20 and 22. Coordinated by the state’s Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS), the exercise is designed, among other things, to improve communication between the state's utility companies and state and local governments during emergencies and to test the state's mutual aid system.

• 6/18/2013 Gov. Malloy: Autism Center at University of Saint Joseph Will Expand Services, Bolster Teacher Education, and Create Jobs

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced a $4 million grant to support the construction of the Center for Integrative Education at the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) in West Hartford. The new center will expand the university’s work in the fields of autism and applied behavioral analysis, as well as increase the Gengras Center’s capacity to provide educational and vocational training to students with special needs.

• 6/18/2013 Gov. Malloy, Congressional Delegation & First Selectman Llodra Announce Grant to Support Newtown Healing Through the Arts Project

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-05) and Newtown First Selectman Patricia Llodra, today announced that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is awarding a grant of $30,000 to support the HealingNewtown Arts Space in Newtown, Connecticut.

• 6/17/2013 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Attends University of St. Joseph Announcement, Meets With State's Utility Companies

  On Tuesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will participate in a news conference at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, where an announcement will be made concerning a new facility at the school that will enhance the university’s services to students with special needs.

• 6/17/2013 Gov. Malloy Announces Support for National Music Theatre Institute

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced today that, implementing the terms of a Special Act passed in the just completed session of the legislature, the state will provide a grant to fund a major expansion project planned by the internationally known Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theater Center (The O’Neill) in Waterford.

• 6/17/2013 Gov. Malloy to Meet with State Utility Companies in Advance of the Height of Hurricane Season

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he will meet with the state's utility companies on Tuesday, June 18 to discuss preparedness efforts and readiness in advance of the height of hurricane season in Connecticut, which is from mid-August to mid-October.

• 6/17/2013 Gov. Malloy: State Commitment to Affordable Housing Most Significant in Decades

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today at a bill signing ceremony in Hartford highlighted significant investments the state will be making to its availability of affordable housing under a legislative package approved by the Connecticut General Assembly during the recently adjourned legislative session. Over the past three years, the state has made significantly more investments in housing than it has in decades, an area that the Governor noted is critical to the state's overall economic development needs.

• 6/16/2013 Monday: Gov. Malloy Attends Events in Cromwell, New Haven and Hartford

  On Monday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will participate in the 2013 Travelers Championship Opening Ceremony in Cromwell.

• 6/16/2013 Today: Gov. Malloy, Congressman Larson Tour Flood Damaged Farm

  Today at noon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Congressman John Larson will visit the Killam and Bassette Farmstead in Glastonbury. The farm, along with many others throughout the region, suffered damage from flooding due to the recent heavy rainfall.

• 6/14/2013 Saturday: Gov. Malloy Attends Sandy Hook Remembrance Ceremony in Plantsville

  On Saturday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will speak at the Because of 26 ceremony in Plantsville, during which 26 butterfly bushes will be planted along the Southington Rail Trail to honor those lost six months ago in Newtown.

• 6/14/2013 Gov. Malloy: On Six Month Anniversary, Funding for Design of New Sandy Hook Elementary School Announced

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that an allocation of $750,000 towards the design of a new building for Newtown’s Sandy Hook Elementary School is slated for approval at next week’s meeting of the State Bond Commission.