Press Releases

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• 4/19/2012 Gov. Malloy Statement on March Jobs Report

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy issued the following statement regarding today’s release of the Connecticut Department of Labor’s monthly “Labor Situation” report for March 2012, which indicates that the state’s unemployment rate decreased for the eighth consecutive month to 7.7 percent – the lowest unemployment rate in three years and half of a percentage point below the national average.

• 4/30/2012 Gov. Malloy to Meet with President of Ireland Michael Higgins Monday Evening

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy will meet with President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and First Lady Sabina Higgins during a reception at the Consulate General of Ireland in New York City on Monday evening.

• 4/11/2012 Governor Malloy Statement on Final Passage of Capital Punishment Repeal Legislation

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement on House passage of a bill that will prospectively repeal capital punishment and replace it with a mandatory sentence of life without the possibility of release.

• 4/25/2012 Malloy Administration on Quinnipiac Poll

  Roy Occhiogrosso, Senior Advisor to the Governor, released the following statement regarding today's Quinnipiac University poll.

• 4/10/2012 Gov. Malloy Announces Latest Round of Small Business Grants

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that five more small businesses have qualified for grants through the state’s Small Business Express Program (EXP).

• 4/1/2012 Monday: Gov. Malloy Discusses Education Reform with State NAACP

  On Monday evening, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will participate in a forum with the Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches to discuss his proposals for education reform.

• 4/9/2012 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy & Lt. Gov. Wyman Hold Education Town Hall in Norwalk

  On Tuesday evening, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman will hold a town hall meeting on education reform in Norwalk, where they will discuss the need to improve the state’s public school system with parents, students, teachers, and other concerned members of the public. This will be the eleventh town hall meeting of the Governor’s Education Reform Tour, which began at the beginning of March.

• 4/2/2012 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Holds News Conference to Promote New Small Business Job Creation Program, Attends State Math Meet, Speaks at Bloomfield Music Festival

  On Tuesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will host a news conference at a small business in Bloomfield to promote a new state program that is creating incentives for small businesses to add jobs and hire unemployed jobseekers.

• 4/16/2012 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Participates in March Addressing Gender Violence

  On Tuesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will speak at the Eastern Connecticut State University Women’s Center’s “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” march to raise awareness around issues of gender violence and promote gender equality. The march comes as part of the week-long “Take Back the Night” series of events at the university.

• 4/30/2012 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Speaks at Travelers Championship Media Day, Holds Education Town Hall in Bristol

  On Tuesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will give remarks at the Travelers Championship Media Day in Cromwell.

• 4/17/2012 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Attends News Conference on the "Year of the Charles W. Morgan", Meets with Bridgeport Parents on Education Reform

  On Wednesday afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will join State Senator Andrew Maynard (D-Stonington), Mystic Seaport President Stephen C. White and other legislators and local officials at a news conference to declare the 2013-2014 academic year as the “Year of the Charles W. Morgan” in the State of Connecticut.

• 4/24/2012 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Speaks to Municipal Leaders on Education Reform, Holds Education Town Hall in Bridgeport

  On Wednesday afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will speak to a group of mayors and first selectmen from throughout the state about the importance of passing meaningful education reform legislation at the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities’ “Day on the Hill.”

• 4/24/2012 Gov. Malloy: Action Plan Needed to Help Those Facing Loss of Unemployment Benefits

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today directed Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) Commissioner Glenn Marshall and Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Roderick Bremby to develop an action plan to assist individuals that will have their unemployment benefits cut short as a result of the state’s declining unemployment rate.

• 4/19/2012 Friday: Gov. Malloy Speaks at Sacred Heart University's Center for Urban Policy & Action Symposium

  On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will give the featured speech at a symposium hosted by Sacred Heart University’s Center for Urban Policy and Action, where he will discuss his proposals to improve the state’s public school system and close the achievement gap.

• 4/20/2012 Gov. Malloy and Comptroller Lembo Announce Retiree Health Care Liabilities Have Been Reduced by $11 Billion

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Comptroller Kevin Lembo announced today that the state’s future unfunded state employee and retiree health care liabilities have been reduced dramatically – by more than $11 billion – according to an updated draft actuarial report released today.