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• 5/14/2018 Gov Malloy and Lt Gov Wyman Thank The Senate For Giving Final Approval to Legislation Banning Bump Stocks

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman are commending the Connecticut State Senate for voting 26-10 tonight to give final approval on legislation that will ban bump stocks and other enhancements that increase the rate of fire for semiautomatic weapons, including trigger cranks, binary trigger systems, and other modifications.

• 5/14/2018 Gov. Malloy Directs Flags To Half Staff Tuesday In Recognition Of Peace Officers Memorial Day

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 in recognition of Peace Officers Memorial Day, a national observance that pays tribute to local, state, and federal law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. It is recognized annually during National Police Week.

• 5/10/2018 Gov. Malloy And Lt. Gov. Wyman Applaud Senate For Passage Of Pay Equity Bill

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman are congratulating the Connecticut Senate for their 35-1 vote this evening in favor of House Bill 5386, which echoes the intent of a similar legislative proposal the Governor introduced earlier this year (Senate Bill 15) and highlighted in his State of the State address.

• 5/3/2018 Gov. Malloy And Lt. Gov. Wyman Statement On Yesterday's Tragedy In North Haven

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements in response to yesterday’s tragic incident in North Haven, Connecticut.

• 5/2/2018 Gov. Malloy And Lt. Gov. Wyman Commend Planned Parenthood's Action Against Trump-Pence Administration

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, and members of the administration released the following statements in response to Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit against the Trump-Pence administration, alleging that the dramatic changes the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is making to the Title X program – including changing the program so that it no longer focuses on either birth control or reproductive health care and instead pushes patients toward abstinence and tries to prevent patients from utilizing Planned Parenthood’s services – are contrary to the Title X statute and regulations, which make clear that Title X is meant to provide comprehensive, evidence-based contraception and reproductive health services.

• 5/1/2018 Gov. Malloy And Lt. Gov. Wyman Applaud House Passage Of Legislation Banning Bump Stocks

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman are applauding the Connecticut House of Representatives for voting tonight to approve legislation that will ban enhancements that increase the rate of fire for semiautomatic weapons, including items such as bump stocks, trigger cranks, binary trigger systems, and other modifications. The legislation was adopted by a vote of 114-35.

• 4/26/2018 Gov. Malloy, Lt. Gov. Wyman Applaud Legislative Approval of Tuition Assistance for Immigrant Students

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman applauded the state House of Representatives for the passage today of S.B. 4, An Act Assisting Students Without Legal Immigration Status With The Cost Of College, in a bipartisan manner.

• 4/19/2018 Gov. Malloy Hails Senate Passage Of Bill Expanding Access To Financial Aid For Connecticut Dreamers

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy is commending the Connecticut State Senate for the bipartisan, 30-5 vote this afternoon to adopt legislation that will allow undocumented students attending Connecticut public colleges and universities the opportunity to qualify for the state’s system of financial aid, which they already pay into through their existing tuition.

• 4/19/2018 Gov. Malloy And Lt. Gov. Wyman Commend The House For Approving Pay Equity Bill

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman are congratulating the Connecticut House of Representatives for their overwhelming 142-4 vote this afternoon in favor of legislation that aims to prevent unintended pay discrimination in the state.

• 4/18/2018 Gov. Malloy: Flags Lowered To Half-Staff In Honor Of Former First Lady Barbara Bush

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that – in accordance with a presidential proclamation directing flags to be lowered to half-staff throughout the country in honor of former First Lady Barbara Bush – U.S. and state flags in Connecticut will fly at half-staff beginning immediately until sunset on the day of interment, which is scheduled for Saturday, April 21, 2018.

• 4/16/2018 Gov. Malloy, Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements On Sexual Harassment Hearing

  Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman released the following statements regarding today’s Committee on Legislative Management hearing to review the Connecticut General Assembly’s sexual harassment policies.

• 4/10/2018 Gov. Malloy And Lt. Gov. Wyman Highlight Equal Pay Day, Call For Legislative Action

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today highlighted Equal Pay Day and called on the legislature to pass the Governor’s pay equity proposal, Senate Bill 15, An Act Concerning Fair and Equal Pay for Equal Work.

• 4/4/2018 Gov. Malloy And Lt. Gov. Wyman Statements On The 50th Anniversary Of The Assasination Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements regarding the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• 3/29/2018 Gov. Malloy Directs Flags To Half-Staff In Honor Of Connecticut State Police Trooper First Class Kevin Miller

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff beginning immediately in honor of Connecticut State Police Trooper First Class Kevin M. Miller, who was killed this afternoon in a motor vehicle accident while on duty.

• 3/28/2018 Gov. Malloy Celebrates Third Anniversary Of CTfastrak, Reiterates Call For Transportation Revenues

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, Connecticut Department of Transportation Commissioner James P. Redeker, and advocates today celebrated the third anniversary of the launch of CTfastrak bus service, the state’s bus rapid transit system.