Press Releases

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• 10/29/2017 Gov. Malloy & Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Federal Court Rejection of President Trump’s Transgender Troop Ban

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements regarding the ruling released today by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia blocking President Trump’s order to ban transgender people from serving in the military.

• 10/3/2017 Gov. Malloy Nominates Maria Araujo Kahn and Raheem Mullins to Supreme Court, William Bright to Appellate Court

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is nominating the Honorable Maria Araujo Kahn of Cheshire and the Honorable Raheem L. Mullins of Cromwell to fill vacancies as associate justices on the Connecticut Supreme Court – the state’s highest court. Both nominees currently serve as judges on the Appellate Court.

• 10/9/2017 Gov. Malloy, Lt. Gov. Wyman and Commissioner Klee Condemn the Trump Administration’s Decision to Repeal the Clean Power Plan

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Rob Klee released the following statements regarding the announcement made by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt that the Trump administration has decided to repeal the Clean Power Plan.

• 10/30/2017 Gov. Malloy Signs Bipartisan Budget, Highlights Fully-Funded State Pensions and New Reforms to Strengthen Struggling Cities

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today signed into law the bipartisan budget agreement reached by members of the General Assembly, highlighting important reforms for strengthening Hartford and other cities, fully-funded state pensions, and other key initiatives championed by his administration. The Governor line-item vetoed appropriations in support of a new hospital tax proposal, citing its unsound legal basis in federal law, and urged lawmakers to pass the workable language his administration provided that will make the proposal legal and successful.

• 10/23/2017 Gov. Malloy Statement on Reported Rollback of Clean Energy Sweeps

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement on the reported rollback of sweeps impacting the Connecticut Green Bank, Clean Energy Fund Program and the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund.

• 8/3/2017 Gov. Malloy and DEEP Commissioner Klee Applaud EPA Reversal of Decision to Postpone Implementation of New Air Quality Standards

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Rob Klee are applauding an announcement by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt that he is reversing course on his decision to postpone the implementation of the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) by one year – a move that the Connecticut officials had criticized, saying that the delay would put Connecticut at an economic disadvantage against states that ignore critical air quality issues while also prolonging the risk of illness for thousands of residents in the State.

• 8/28/2017 Gov. Malloy Advises Residents on How They Can Safely Assist With Hurricane Harvey Response and Recovery

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy is advising Connecticut residents who are generously considering providing monetary donations to nonprofit organizations that are assisting with Hurricane Harvey response and recovery in the Texas area to take several steps of precaution in order to ensure that their charitable giving is being used in accordance with the intent in which it was given.

• 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.

• 8/24/2017 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.

• 8/11/2017 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.

• 10/5/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Site Selection for Connecticut’s Amazon HQ2 Bid

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Commissioner Catherine Smith today announced that the State of Connecticut has chosen two sites for its proposal to Amazon for the company’s second headquarters – the Hartford and Stamford regions. Last month, Amazon announced that it was seeking a site for a second headquarters – known as “Amazon HQ2” – in North America, which will create tens of thousands of additional jobs and bring billions in investment.

• 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.

• 8/9/2017 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.

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