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• Gov. Malloy, Sen. Bye & Rep. Wadsworth Announce State Funding for Tunxis Community College

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, State Senator Beth Bye (D-West Hartford) and State Representative Bill Wadsworth (R-Farmington) today announced that the State Bond Commission is expected to approve funding for upgrades to Tunxis Community College in Farmington at its meeting on Friday.

• Gov. Malloy Urges People to Take Precautions as Dangerous Heat and Humidity Roll into Connecticut

  With an excessive heat watch issued for most of the state for the next three days and the heat index possibly reaching as high as 110 degrees, Governor Dannel P. Malloy is asking people to take precautions and to call 2-1-1 if they need information on cooling centers in their town or city.

• Gov. Malloy, Sen. Cassano Say Electric Bills to Decrease

  Today, on what may prove to be the hottest day of the year, Senator Steve Cassano (D-Manchester) and Governor Dannel P. Malloy held a press conference at the Manchester Senior Center to announce a 5% bill reduction for all Connecticut Light & Power electric customers. They also outlined additional ways in which energy reform passed this year will help to reduce electric bills going forward, and lower air conditioning costs.

• Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Visits Tourism Destinations in Mystic to Discuss Economic Development

  On Tuesday, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will continue his Jobs Tour with stops to two tourism destinations in Mystic. The tourism industry is one of the top five producers of jobs in the State of Connecticut.

• Gov. Malloy on the Debt Ceiling

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement on the debt ceiling.

• Gov. Malloy Appoints Six Members to the Board of Regents for Higher Education

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today named six of his nine appointments to the Board of Regents for Higher Education, which oversees the four regional state universities, the community college system and Charter Oak State College.

• Governor Malloy Announces TicketNetwork is Second "First Five" Company

  Governor Malloy announced today at the grand opening of TicketNetwork’s facility in South Windsor that the company is the second to take advantage of the state’s new “First Five” program. The company will retain 292 jobs and create a minimum of 200 new full-time jobs within two years, and possibly up to 600 over the next ten years.

• Thursday: Gov. Malloy Attends Farmington River Trail Ceremony in Canton, Continues on Jobs Tour in New Haven

  On Thursday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will attend a ceremony to commemorate the opening of a stretch of the Farmington River Trail in Canton. Final construction of a three-phase project on the section that travels a former rail line on the Farmington River from Unionville through Canton has been completed, connecting neighborhoods along the Farmington Valley Greenway and the Multi-Use Trail to two shopping areas and municipal centers.

• Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection Release: Forecast Extends Unhealthy Air Quality for Parts of CT for Sat., July 23

  The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has extended the Air Quality Alert due to elevated concentrations of ground-level ozone pollution across southern Connecticut for Saturday, July 23, 2011.

• Governor, Senate President, House Speaker on Oxford Airport Economic Development

  Governor Malloy, House Speaker Chris Donovan and Senate President Don Williams announced today that their staffs will work together with the co-chairs of the legislative committees of cognizance to develop an appropriate set of economic development tools to accelerate job creation in the area surrounding Oxford Airport.

• Wednesday: Gov. Malloy Visits Jobs Funnel Program, Attends National Guard Send Off Ceremony

  On Wednesday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will continue his Jobs Tour with a stop at the construction site of the new police headquarters in New Britain. The project is part of the Jobs Funnel Program, which prepares qualified unemployed/under-employed adult residents in selected communities for good paying construction jobs and career pathways in the building trades industry. Approximately 1,500 Connecticut residents have been placed into construction work through Jobs Funnel efforts in recent years.

• Today at 11: Gov. Malloy Meets with Mayors of State's Five Largest Cities

  This morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will meet with the mayors of Connecticut’s five largest cities – New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch, Waterbury Mayor Mike Jarjura, Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia and Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra – in his State Capitol office.

• Gov. Malloy on Final Passage of Energy Bill

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement upon final passage of Senate Bill 1243, An Act Concerning Connecticut’s Energy Future.

• Tuesday: Gov. Malloy Continues Jobs Tour, Visits Northwest CT Chamber and Litchfield Hills B&B Association

  Continuing on his Jobs Tour, on Tuesday morning Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Department of Economic & Community Development Commissioner Catherine Smith will meet with member companies of Northwest Connecticut’s Chamber of Commerce in Torrington for a roundtable discussion concerning competitiveness issues and ways to strengthen the business climate in the region.

• Gov. Malloy Orders Flags to Half Staff in Honor of Pfc. Eric Daniel Soufrine

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy is ordering Connecticut and U.S. flags to fly at half staff in honor of Army Private First Class Eric Daniel Soufrine, a Woodbridge native who was killed in action in Afghanistan on Tuesday.