Press Releases

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• 12/3/2015 Gov. Malloy: Flags Lowered to Half-Staff in Honor of the Victims of the Tragedy in San Bernardino, CA

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that - in accordance with a proclamation from President Barack Obama directing flags to be lowered to honor the victims of the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California - U.S. and state flags in Connecticut will fly at half-staff beginning immediately until sunset on Monday, December 7, 2015.

• 12/31/2015 Gov. Malloy Announces Dennis Murphy to Serve as Acting Labor Commissioner

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that Dennis Murphy, who currently serves as Deputy Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL), will serve in the position of Acting Commissioner beginning Friday, January 1, 2016, while the Governor conducts a search for a permanent Commissioner.  As was announced in the fall, Sharon M. Palmer, who has served as the agency's Commissioner since August 2012, is retiring at the end of this year.

• 12/15/2015 Gov. Malloy Directs State Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of State Representative Terry Backer

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is directing State of Connecticut flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of State Representative Terry Backer (D-Stratford), who passed away overnight.

• 12/23/2015 Gov. Malloy Announces First-of-its-Kind Jobs Training Center at New Haven Correctional Center to Further Lower Crime Rates

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that as part of his Second Chance Society initiatives, the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) will host an American Job Center early next year within the New Haven Correctional Center.  Created in partnership with the Workforce Alliance and the City of New Haven, this job development program will be the first-of-its-kind in the state, and one of only 12 in the country.  The initiative aims to reduce recidivism - which has declined dramatically - and to continue lowering Connecticut's crime rate, which is at an almost 50-year low.

• 12/15/2015 Gov. Malloy and New England Governors Urge Congress to Take Additional Steps to Tackle Opiate Addiction

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and the Governors of every New England state sent a letter today to Congressional leaders urging federal law to be amended to allow medical professionals - such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants - to prescribe the treatment medication buprenorphine for opiate addiction.  Currently, nurse practitioners can prescribe addictive narcotics for pain, but under the Drug Abuse Treatment Act of 2000 are currently barred from prescribing medications designed to break addiction to deadly narcotics and heroin.

• 12/3/2015 Gov. Malloy & Lt. Gov. Wyman on the Opening of All Military Combat Jobs to Women

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements regarding the order announced today by Defense Secretary Ash Carter to open all military occupations and positions to women, without exception.

• 12/31/2015 Gov. Malloy: Connecticut Has Experienced Significant Unemployment Drops Over Last 12 Months

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that U.S. Department of Labor statistics show that over the past twelve months, Connecticut experienced the sixth largest decline in unemployment of any state in the nation.  According to the most recent federal and state data, jobless numbers dropped from 6.3 percent in November 2014 to 5.1 percent in November 2015.  That 1.2 percent decrease is among the largest nationwide.

• 12/4/2015 Gov. Malloy Calls Legislature Into Special Session Tuesday to Tackle Budgetary, Transportation Matters, Long-Term Structural Changes

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has signed a proclamation calling the Connecticut General Assembly to convene in a special session at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 8, 2015, in order to enact legislation that will improve Connecticut's business climate, amend the state constitution to ensure that transportation dollars are only spent for those purposes, and ensures that state spending aligns with revenues as well as making long-term structural changes.

• 2/9/2015 Monday: Gov. Malloy Unveils PLan to Protect Long Island Sound

  On Monday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference in Branford, where he will announce a legislative proposal to protect Long Island Sound.

• 12/7/2015 Gov. Malloy Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Leave Assault Weapon and Large-Capacity Magazine Law Intact

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's today decision to not take up a challenge to a 2013 law passed in Highland Park, Illinois that bans the sale, purchase, or possession of semi-automatic weapons that can hold more than ten rounds in a single ammunition clip or magazine.

• 12/4/2015 Gov. Malloy Announces Funding to Complete Construction of the Hartford Line Commuter Rail Service

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced today an agreement with Amtrak to complete the Hartford line, receiving guaranteed agreements for cost ceilings and a clear timetable for work completion.

• 8/17/2016 Gov. Malloy Announces New Haven Line Commuters Will Soon be able to Purchase Rail Tickets with Smartphone App

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, the Connecticut Department of Transportation, (CTDOT) and Metro-North Railroad today announced that commuters on the New Haven Line - including the New Canaan, Danbury, and Waterbury branch lines - will soon be able to purchase train tickets utilizing an app on their mobile devices, providing added convenience to commuters. Once on board, commuters will simply need to show the digital ticket on their smartphone device to the conductor.

• 8/14/2016 Gov. Malloy Thanks the Connecticut State Police for 100 Lives Saved Utilizing Overdose Reversal Medication

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman are thanking the Connecticut State Police for saving 100 lives in fewer than two years through the administration of the opioid antagonist Narcan to individuals experiencing overdoses. The 100th save by a Connecticut State Trooper occurred early Sunday morning in Woodbury.

• 8/10/2016 Gov. Malloy & Lt. Gov. Wyman on the Passing of Art Perry

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements regarding the passing of Art Perry, a senior Department of Labor employee and a long-time leader of the organized labor movement in Connecticut:

• 8/30/2016 Gov. Malloy Announces Dept. of Public Health has Distributed Over 9,200 Overdose Prevention Kits Statewide

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) has distributed approximately 9,200 overdose prevention kits since 2014 through the agency's overdose prevention, education, and naloxone access campaign, known as Overdose Prevention Education and Naloxone (OPEN) Access CT.