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• Gov. Malloy Reminds Residents to Drive Safely This Holiday Season

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy is urging drivers in Connecticut who will be partaking in festivities this holiday season as Christmas and New Year's Eve approaches to drive safely, have a plan in place to get home if they plan on consuming alcohol, and take extra precautions when getting behind the wheel.

• Gov. Malloy Statement on Mass Shooting in San Bernardino, CA

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding the mass shooting earlier today in San Bernardino, California.

• Gov. Malloy Directs State Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of State Representative Terry Backer

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is directing State of Connecticut flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of State Representative Terry Backer (D-Stratford), who passed away overnight.

• Gov. Malloy Directs Flags to Half-Staff Monday for the Three-Year Anniversary of the Tragedy at Sandy Hook

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is directing U.S. and Connecticut flags to fly at half-staff on Monday, December 14, 2015, from sunrise to sunset in honor of the 20 children and six adults who were killed three years ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

• Gov. Malloy Announces New Company Relocating to Connecticut, Adding Over 100 Jobs in Stamford

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, an importer and marketer of high-quality wine and spirit brands from around the world, plans to relocate its headquarters from White Plains, New York to Stamford, Connecticut. The relocation will deliver more than 100 new or relocated jobs moving into the state.

• Gov. Malloy Announces Manufacturing Company Relocating to Connecticut, Adding Hundreds of Jobs in Windsor Locks

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC, the largest mattress manufacturing company in the country, plans to relocate their Massachusetts operations to Windsor Locks, resulting in approximately 200 new or relocated jobs into Connecticut.

• Gov. Malloy Announces First-of-its-Kind Jobs Training Center at New Haven Correctional Center to Further Lower Crime Rates

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that as part of his Second Chance Society initiatives, the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) will host an American Job Center early next year within the New Haven Correctional Center.  Created in partnership with the Workforce Alliance and the City of New Haven, this job development program will be the first-of-its-kind in the state, and one of only 12 in the country.  The initiative aims to reduce recidivism - which has declined dramatically - and to continue lowering Connecticut's crime rate, which is at an almost 50-year low.

• Gov. Malloy Announces Connecticut's Minimum Wage Will Increase on January 1, 2016

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that as the result of a new law he signed last year, Connecticut's minimum wage is scheduled to increase from the current rate of $9.15 an hour to $9.60 per hour on January 1, 2016.  The change is the second in a series of three scheduled increases under the adopted legislation, which will ultimately see the state's minimum wage increase to $10.10 on January 1, 2017.

• Gov. Malloy Announces Connecticut Signs Onto Climate Agreement Committing to International Carbon Emission Reduction Effort

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that as the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP 21, meets in Paris this week, he has committed the State of Connecticut to sign onto the Under 2 MOU agreement - a global compact among cities, states and provinces worldwide to limit the increase in global average temperature to below two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

• Gov. Malloy and New England Governors Urge Congress to Take Additional Steps to Tackle Opiate Addiction

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and the Governors of every New England state sent a letter today to Congressional leaders urging federal law to be amended to allow medical professionals - such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants - to prescribe the treatment medication buprenorphine for opiate addiction.  Currently, nurse practitioners can prescribe addictive narcotics for pain, but under the Drug Abuse Treatment Act of 2000 are currently barred from prescribing medications designed to break addiction to deadly narcotics and heroin.

• Gov. Malloy and Congressional Delegation Announce $1.2 Million Award to Assist Low-Income Residents with Employment and Job Training

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, the members of Connecticut's Congressional Delegation, and Connecticut Housing Commissioner Evonne M. Klein today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has approved nearly $1.2 million in grants to help low-income residents in Connecticut find employment and obtain valuable job training skills.  The State Department of Housing and ten local housing authorities across Connecticut will benefit from the federal award.

• Gov. Malloy & Lt. Gov. Wyman on the Opening of All Military Combat Jobs to Women

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements regarding the order announced today by Defense Secretary Ash Carter to open all military occupations and positions to women, without exception.

• Gov. Malloy: Flags Lowered to Half-Staff in Honor of the Victims of the Tragedy in San Bernardino, CA

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that - in accordance with a proclamation from President Barack Obama directing flags to be lowered to honor the victims of the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California - U.S. and state flags in Connecticut will fly at half-staff beginning immediately until sunset on Monday, December 7, 2015.

• Gov. Malloy Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Leave Assault Weapon and Large-Capacity Magazine Law Intact

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's today decision to not take up a challenge to a 2013 law passed in Highland Park, Illinois that bans the sale, purchase, or possession of semi-automatic weapons that can hold more than ten rounds in a single ammunition clip or magazine.

• Governor-Elect Malloy Appoints East Hartford Mayor Melody Currey to Lead DMV

  Governor-Elect Dan Malloy today announced he has tapped East Hartford Mayor Melody Currey to lead the Department of Motor Vehicles.