Press Releases

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• 1/23/2018 Gov. Malloy Appoints Vicki Veltri to Lead State’s Office of Health Strategy

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is appointing Victoria Veltri of Colchester to serve as Executive Director of the state’s Office of Health Strategy, a new state office created through the consolidation of several existing resources as part of the bipartisan state budget that was adopted in October. The office, which begins operations on February 1, will be responsible for implementing data-driven strategies that promote equal access to healthcare, improve the value of healthcare, contain costs, and ensure better healthcare systems for Connecticut residents.

• 1/22/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on the Vote to End the Shutdown of the Federal Government

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding the vote in the U.S. Congress this afternoon to end the shutdown of the federal government.

• 1/20/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on the Shutdown of the Federal Government

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy early this morning released the following statement regarding the shutdown of the federal government.

• 1/19/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on Trump Administration’s Decision to Limit Access to Women’s Healthcare Providers

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s announcement that they will allow states to block women’s healthcare providers from receiving Medicaid funding.

• 1/19/2018 Gov. Malloy and Coastal Governors Tell Trump Administration No to Offshore Drilling

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and the governors of Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Virginia have written a letter to Secretary Ryan Zinke of the U.S. Department of the Interior expressing their joint opposition to offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean as the Trump administration has proposed, and are urging for an exemption to be granted to their states similar to the one the administration is making for the State of Florida.

• 1/18/2018 Gov. Malloy: State and Community Organizations Seek Volunteers for Annual Homelessness Census

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Department of Housing Commissioner Evonne M. Klein, and Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness (CCEH) Executive Director Lisa Tepper Bates are encouraging Connecticut residents to volunteer for the annual point-in-time and youth count of homeless individuals in the state starting next week. The annual counts are held every January and help provide critical data necessary evaluate the state’s progress when it comes to preventing and ending homelessness.

• 1/18/2018 Gov. Malloy and Commissioner Smith Statements on Amazon

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Catherine Smith released the following statements regarding Amazon.

• 1/18/2018 Gov. Malloy Calls on FEMA to Immediately Reverse Decision Cutting Off Temporary Housing for Puerto Rican Families

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator William “Brock” Long calling on the federal agency to immediately reverse their sudden decision to rescind Transitional Shelter Assistance (TSA) housing benefits that had just days earlier been extended for 36 Puerto Rican families currently residing in Connecticut since being displaced from the island by Hurricane Maria.

• 1/17/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on National Report Showing Connecticut is a Leader in Reducing Gun Violence

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding the release of a national report today from the Violence Policy Center, which found that Connecticut ranks as one of the states with the lowest rates of gun deaths in 2016 and is among a handful of states that are seeing a decline in the rate of gun deaths.

• 1/17/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on State Supreme Court Ruling in CCJEF V. Rell

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement in response to the Connecticut Supreme Court’s ruling in the education funding case Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, Inc. v. Rell.

• 1/17/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on President Trump’s ‘Fake News’ Awards

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding journalism in the United States in reaction to President Trump issuing ‘fake news’ awards.

• 1/17/2018 Gov. Malloy: Manufacturing Innovation Fund Annual Report Shows Long-Term Benefits for State’s Economy

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Commissioner Catherine Smith today announced the results of the Manufacturing Innovation Fund (MIF) annual report. As of June 2017, the MIF has assisted nearly 900 companies and invested over $43.7 million to help accelerate growth, cultivate talent and boost investments in innovation.

• 1/16/2018 Gov. Malloy Selects Thomas J. Saadi as Veterans Affairs Commissioner

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is nominating Thomas J. Saadi of Danbury to serve as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA).

• 1/14/2018 Gov. Malloy & Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

• 1/12/2018 Gov. Malloy Statement on Announcement That CVS Will Keep Aetna in Hartford

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding the announcement this morning that CVS Health Corporation will maintain Aetna’s operations in Hartford.