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• Gov. Malloy Statement on the Passing of Board of Pardons and Paroles Member Jeff Hoffman

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding the passing of Board of Pardons and Paroles member Jeff L. Hoffman.

• Gov. Malloy: Flags Lowered to Half-Staff in Honor of the Victims of the Tragedy in Las Vegas

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that – in accordance with a proclamation from President Donald Trump directing flags to be lowered to honor the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada – U.S. and state flags in Connecticut will fly at half-staff beginning immediately until sunset on Friday, October 6, 2017.

• Gov. Malloy & Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Federal Court Rejection of President Trump’s Transgender Troop Ban

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements regarding the ruling released today by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia blocking President Trump’s order to ban transgender people from serving in the military.

• Gov. Malloy Announces Site Selection for Connecticut’s Amazon HQ2 Bid

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Commissioner Catherine Smith today announced that the State of Connecticut has chosen two sites for its proposal to Amazon for the company’s second headquarters – the Hartford and Stamford regions. Last month, Amazon announced that it was seeking a site for a second headquarters – known as “Amazon HQ2” – in North America, which will create tens of thousands of additional jobs and bring billions in investment.

• Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Condemn President Trump’s Decision to Limit Women’s Access to Birth Control

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements regarding a decision by the Trump administration to roll back the federal requirement that health insurance plans cover birth control.

• Gov. Malloy Statement on Today’s Decision by ICE to Grant a Stay in Case Involving Stamford Mother

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement in response to the decision issued this afternoon by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency granting Miriam Martinez-Lemus, a Stamford mother who came to the United States in 1992 fleeing political violence in her home country of Guatemala, a stay in her immigration case and allowing her to remain with her family.

• Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements on Inclusion of Healthcare Mandate Repeal in Senate Republican Tax Plan

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements regarding the plan by Senate Republicans to include in their tax package a repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement that most people have health insurance.

• Gov. Malloy Announces ‘Q Bridge’ to be Lit Red, White, and Blue for Veterans Day

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in New Haven – informally known as the Q Bridge – will be lit red, white, and blue on the nights of Friday, November 10 and Saturday, November 11, in observation of Veterans Day. Beacons capable of projecting light nearly six miles into the clear night sky will be lit until 1:00 a.m. during those nights.

• Gov. Malloy Announces Enfield Correctional Institution to Close as Result of Declining Crime Rate and Prison Population

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that as a result of the continuing decline in the state’s crime rate and the resulting drop in the prison population, the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) will be closing the Enfield Correctional Institution in early 2018. The closure of the building, which currently holds around 700 offenders who will be transferred to other facilities, will save the state approximately $6.5 million in annual operating costs.

• Gov. Malloy Appoints JoAnn Ryan to Serve as Chair of the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has appointed JoAnn Ryan of Torrington to serve as chairperson of the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission (CETC).

• Gov. Malloy Statement on the Retirement of Chief Justice Rogers

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released the following statement regarding the announcement that Connecticut State Supreme Court Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers has elected to retire effective February 5, 2018.

• Gov. Malloy Announces $13.6 Million in Funding to Remediate and Revitalize Blighted Properties in Connecticut

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that $13.6 million in state funding will be awarded to 14 municipalities across Connecticut to assess, remediate and revitalize blighted properties in their communities – also known as “brownfields” – and put them back into productive use. The projects encompass 89 acres of redevelopment.

• Gov. Malloy Announces Families on Care 4 Kids Wait List Can Now Apply for Child Care Support

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that effective immediately, the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) has reopened the Care 4 Kids program and eligible families on the wait list can now begin to enroll for the state’s primary child care support.

• Gov. Malloy Announces $2 Million in Funding to Continue State’s Successful Electric Vehicle Consumer Rebate Program

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State of Connecticut is continuing to strengthen efforts to promote the sale of electric vehicles (EVs) with the release of $2 million in additional funding to continue its widely popular consumer rebate program.

• Gov. Malloy: State Experiences Surge in Riders Utilizing the Recently Expanded CTtransit Bus Service Connecting UConn’s Campuses

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the state’s recently expanded CTtransit bus route providing UConn students, faculty, and staff the ability to connect – for the first time ever – to the main UConn campus in Storrs, the downtown Hartford UConn campus, and UConn Health in Farmington via public transit is experiencing a surge in ridership, having served over 32,000 passenger trips since its launch on August 13.