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• Governors Malloy, Murphy, and Cuomo Launch Coalition to Sue the Federal Government Over Federal Tax Bill

  Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy, New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy, and New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that they are launching a multi-state coalition to sue the federal government to challenge the new GOP tax bill that eliminates the full state and local tax deductibility. This provision effectively preempts the states’ ability to govern by reducing the ability to provide for their own citizens and unfairly targets them and similarly situated states in violation of the constitution.

• Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements regarding the announcement made today by Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richard that she plans to step down from her position with the organization later this year.

• Gov. Malloy, Lt. Gov. Wyman, and Commissioner Klee Blast Trump Administration’s Plan to Roll Back Off-Shore Drilling Ban

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Rob Klee released the following statements regarding the Trump administration’s plan to drastically increase off-shore oil and gas drilling off of America’s coastlines.

• Gov. Malloy: All State Employees Should Report to Work as Scheduled

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy this afternoon announced that state offices will open on time tomorrow – Friday, January 5, 2018 – following clean-up from the major winter storm that impacted the state today. All third-shift state employees should report to work as regularly scheduled tonight. All first and second-shift state employees should report to work as scheduled Friday morning.

• Gov. Malloy Announces Collection of Personal Income Taxes in December and January Will Exceed Expectations by More Than $900 Million

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that collections of estimated personal income taxes in December and January will exceed the administration’s projection by more than $900 million. The payments include normal estimated payments, one-time payments based on repatriation of foreign profits in advance of a December 31, 2017 federal deadline, and accelerated payments that would normally have been received later in January or in April 2018 in order to avoid the new federal cap on state and local tax deductions that began on January 1.

• Gov. Malloy Announces ‘Rate of Fire Enhancements Ban’ Legislative Proposal

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is proposing legislation to ban the purchase and sale of “rate of fire enhancements,” including bump stocks, binary trigger systems and trigger cranks. This legislative proposal will build upon Connecticut’s smart, commonsense, and nationally recognized gun reform legislation.

• Gov. Malloy Announces Connecticut Joins Partnership Encouraging Young Women in High School to Explore Careers in Cybersecurity

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State of Connecticut is participating in an innovative, new cybersecurity training partnership with the SANS Institute that will increase access to young women in high school with the opportunity to explore their interests in cyber studies and learn basic cybersecurity skills in an effort to inspire the next generation of cybersecurity professionals while identifying talented youth.

• Gov. Malloy and Congressional Delegation Applaud $45.8 Million in Federal Grants to Help State Reach Goal of Ending Homelessness

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and the members of Connecticut’s Congressional delegation today are applauding the release of $45.8 million in federal grants that will be used towards helping the State of Connecticut reach its goal of ending homelessness. The grants were received through the U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Continuum of Care initiative, which provides critically needed support to local programs on the frontlines that serve individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

• Gov. Malloy: Trump’s Immigration Statement ‘Rooted in Racism and Intolerance’

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding comments on immigration reported to have been made by President Trump.

• Gov. Malloy: Flag of Haiti Raised at the Governor’s Residence

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today directed the flag of Haiti to be flown at the Governor’s Residence in Hartford in solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of Haitian-Americans and all other immigrant groups who live in the United States and who have been so crudely and wrongly disparaged by President Trump.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.