Press Releases

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• 10/10/2013 Gov. Malloy: NY-Based Grocer Establishes Captive Insurance Subsidiary in Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the corporate owner of one of the largest grocery store chains in Manhattan is setting up its captive insurance subsidiary in Connecticut.

• 10/9/2013 Gov. Malloy: During Federal Shutdown, State Will Help Bridgeport Head Start Remain Open

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the state will provide $800,000 in expedited funds to help ensure that the Head Start program in Bridgeport remains open in the weeks ahead. The Governor was joined by local officials and directors at the Head Start center at 1070 Park Avenue in Bridgeport.

• 10/9/2013 Gov. Malloy Statement on Nomination of Janet Yellen to Head the US Federal Reserve

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday afternoon released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s nomination of Janet Yellen to serve as Chair of the US Federal Reserve.

• 10/9/2013 Today at 3PM: Gov. Malloy Makes Announcement in Bridgeport Regarding the Federal Shutdown

  Today at 3:00 p.m., Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference in Bridgeport to make an announcement concerning the shutdown of the federal government.

• 10/9/2013 Thursday: Gov. Malloy Attends Wright Tech Groundbreaking, Keynotes Stamford Chamber Annual Meeting

  On Thursday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will participate the groundbreaking ceremony for a major renovation project at J. M. Wright Technical High School in Stamford.

• 10/8/2013 Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Signs Bill on Nursing Home Patients’ Rights

  On Tuesday at noon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a bill signing ceremony in East Hartford for legislation (Public Act 13-70) that requires nursing home administrators to ensure that all nursing home staff receive in-service training, which must include a discussion on patients’ rights to file complaints and voice grievances, and ways to prevent and alleviate patients’ fear of retaliation.

• 10/8/2013 Gov. Malloy Signs Legislation Strengthening the Rights of Nursing Home Residents

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today joined Connecticut Department on Aging Commissioner Edith Prague, state Long-Term Care Ombudsman Nancy Shaffer, Connecticut Legislative Commission on Aging Executive Director Julia Evans Starr, aging issue advocates and state and local lawmakers for the ceremonial signing of legislation (Public Act 13-70) that requires nursing home administrators to provide their staff with training on how to identify and respond to patients’ fear of retaliation.

• 10/8/2013 Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Visits Bloomfield High School, Speaks at Meeting of Commissioner’s Network Schools

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will visit Bloomfield High School for an opportunity to hear from staff and teachers about the re-establishment of the school’s mission and about new literacy initiatives at the school.

• 10/7/2013 Gov. Malloy Statement on MTA Service

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding the recent MTA service disruption

• 10/7/2013 Monday: Gov. Malloy Attends Events in Cromwell, Norwalk and Greenwich

  On Monday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will speak at the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 919 annual Shop Steward Seminar.

• 10/7/2013 Sunday: Gov. Malloy Runs in Southington’s Apple Harvest 5K, Participates in Opening of the Chabad House at Yale

  On Sunday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will run in the Town of Southington’s Apple Harvest Festival 5K Road Race.

• 10/7/2013 Gov. Malloy Directs Flags to Half-Staff Today to Honor Fallen Firefighters

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, in response to a proclamation issued by President Barack Obama, has ordered U.S. and Connecticut flags to fly at half-staff on Sunday, October 6, 2013 in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service.

• 10/7/2013 Saturday: Gov. Malloy Marches in West Hartford’s Park Road Parade, Speaks at Conn. National Guard Ceremony Rolling Out the C-130H

  On Saturday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will march in West Hartford’s 16th annual Park Road Parade.

• 10/7/2013 Gov. Malloy Statement on Yale Professor Winning Nobel Prize in Medicine

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy on Monday afternoon released the following statement in response to the awarding of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Yale professor James Rothman and two other professors, who have “solved the mystery of how the cell organizes its transport system.”

• 10/4/2013 Gov. Malloy: Feds Should Pay for All Unemployment Benefit Costs Resulting from Shutdown

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement calling on Congress to pass a resolution that includes compensation for the cost of unemployment benefits to furloughed workers, as well as for the costs incurred by the state Department of Labor for administering Unemployment Insurance program.