Press Releases

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• 3/1/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on the Announcement that President Obama is the Recipient of the 2017 JFK Profile in Courage Award

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding the announcement made today by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation that President Barack Obama will be the recipient of the 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

• 5/22/2017 Gov. Malloy: Framework Reached With State Employee Unions That Will Create Significant Structural Reforms, Save Taxpayers Billions in Long-Term

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released a framework for an agreement with the leadership of the state employee unions that will re-open the contract currently in effect through June 30, 2022, in an effort to create significant, long-term structural reforms to pension and benefit costs that will help generate large annual savings for many years to come.

• 11/8/2017 Gov. Malloy: State Launches New Website and Mobile App to Better Connect Veterans to the Benefits and Services They Have Earned

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that, as residents across the nation are preparing to celebrate Veterans Day, the State of Connecticut has debuted two new digital initiatives to assist the more than 200,000 veterans who live in the state in an effort to better connect veterans with the information on benefits and services that are available – a redesigned website for the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), and a newly launched smartphone app.

• 11/5/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Opening of New Train Station in Wallingford That Will Serve the Hartford Line

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today joined Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Commissioner James P. Redeker and numerous federal, state, and local officials to celebrate the grand opening of the newly constructed train station in Wallingford. Located at 343 North Cherry Street, the station will immediately begin providing service to existing Amtrak trains and soon will begin serving trains on the CTrail Hartford Line, the passenger rail service currently under construction and scheduled to launch in the middle of next year that will provide commuters with more frequent train service between New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield.

• 11/15/2017 Gov. Malloy Leads Briefing With Local Mayors on Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands Hurricane Efforts

• 11/21/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on Today’s Decision by ICE to Grant a Stay in Case Involving Stamford Mother

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement in response to the decision issued this afternoon by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency granting Miriam Martinez-Lemus, a Stamford mother who came to the United States in 1992 fleeing political violence in her home country of Guatemala, a stay in her immigration case and allowing her to remain with her family.

• 11/1/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on the Retirement of Chief Justice Rogers

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding the announcement that Connecticut State Supreme Court Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers has elected to retire effective February 5, 2018.

• 11/4/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on Today’s Mass Shooting at a Church in Texas

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement in reaction to today’s mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

• 11/16/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces $2 Million in Funding to Continue State’s Successful Electric Vehicle Consumer Rebate Program

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State of Connecticut is continuing to strengthen efforts to promote the sale of electric vehicles (EVs) with the release of $2 million in additional funding to continue its widely popular consumer rebate program.

• 11/12/2017 Gov. Malloy: State Experiences Surge in Riders Utilizing the Recently Expanded CTtransit Bus Service Connecting UConn’s Campuses

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the state’s recently expanded CTtransit bus route providing UConn students, faculty, and staff the ability to connect – for the first time ever – to the main UConn campus in Storrs, the downtown Hartford UConn campus, and UConn Health in Farmington via public transit is experiencing a surge in ridership, having served over 32,000 passenger trips since its launch on August 13.

• 11/13/2017 Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Inclusion of Healthcare Mandate Repeal in Senate Republican Tax Plan

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements regarding the plan by Senate Republicans to include in their tax package a repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement that most people have health insurance.

• 11/5/2017 Gov. Malloy and Department of Children and Families Celebrate Adoption Awareness Month

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Department of Children and Families (DCF) Commissioner Joette Katz today announced that November is Adoption Awareness Month in the State of Connecticut. During this year’s annual commemoration, state officials are highlighting their efforts to work with organizations throughout the state that are helping raise awareness of adoption opportunities for LGBTQ families.

• 11/23/2017 Gov. Malloy Sets January 9 Special Election for State House Seat in Bloomfield and Windsor

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that a special election to fill a vacancy in the 15th Assembly District of the Connecticut House of Representatives, which consists of the entirety of Bloomfield and portions of Windsor, will be held on January 9, 2018.

• 11/15/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on Lt. Governor Wyman’s Decision to Not Seek Higher Office

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman’s decision to not seek higher office.

• 11/28/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces State of Connecticut and Tribal Nations File Federal Lawsuit to Compel the Approval of Gaming Agreements

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State of Connecticut has joined the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nations in filing a lawsuit in federal court against the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and Ryan Zinke, the Secretary of the Interior, over the agency’s failure to act on the gaming compact amendments the Governor recently entered into with the tribes.