Press Releases

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• 4/8/2013 CONNECTICUT STATE VETERANS MEMORIAL GROUND BREAKING EVENT

  Construction of the first State Memorial to honor Connecticut men and women who have served in America’s military since Revolutionary War times will begin with an official ground breaking ceremony at Minuteman Park, the site of the Memorial.

• 4/14/2013 GOV. MALLOY & LT. GOV. WYMAN TO HOST COMMUNITY FORUM IN TORRINGTON ON WEDNESDAY

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today announced that they will host a community forum in Torrington on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the auditorium of Torrington City Hall (140 Main Street).

• 3/31/2013 GOV. MALLOY & LT. GOV. WYMAN TO HOST COMMUNITY FORUM IN MANCHESTER ON THURSDAY

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today announced that they will host a community forum in Manchester on Thursday, April 4, 2013, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Town Hall’s Lincoln Center Hearing Room at 494 Main Street

• 4/23/2013 THURSDAY: LT. GOVERNOR WYMAN TO VISIT WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES IN WATERBURY, BERLIN AND HARTFORD

  Tour Highlights Success of Small Business Express Job-Creation Program

• 4/15/2013 GOV. MALLOY ORDERS FLAGS TO HALF-STAFF IN HONOR OF BOSTON VICTIMS

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, following a proclamation from President Barack Obama, has ordered U.S. and Connecticut flags to fly at half-staff in honor of the victims of yesterday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon.

• 8/5/2013 LT. GOVERNOR NANCY WYMAN MEDIA EVENTS FOR WED., AUGUST 7

  WPRX 1120 AM / "Hablando En Serio" (Talking Seriously) Show w/ Host Felix Viera - Lt. Governor to join group of Hispanic military veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan to discuss challenges they face transitioning to civilian life.

• 8/1/2013 GOV. MALLOY, LT. GOV. WYMAN STATEMENTS ON APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER LINDA SCHWARTZ TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman applauded Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Linda Schwartz on her nomination to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. If confirmed, Commissioner Schwartz will serve as the new Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Policy and Planning, a key administration position

• 8/15/2013 CONNECTICUT’S ANNUAL SALES TAX-FREE WEEK RUNS AUGUST 18-24

  Tax-free week runs from Sunday, August 18 through Saturday August 24

• 8/18/2013 GOVERNOR MALLOY, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, CUT RIBBON ON NEW WEST HAVEN RAIL STATION

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today joined Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) Deputy Commissioner Anna M. Barry, and other state, railroad and local officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the grand opening of the new West Haven commuter rail station which will primarily serve customers on the New Haven Line, which is operated by Metro-North Railroad under contract to ConnDOT. Recognized as the busiest rail corridor in the U.S., Metro-North’s New Haven Line saw ridership increase by 1.3% in 2012 with 38.8 million rides, breaking a record set in 2011, when the line carried 38.3 million people

• 8/12/2013 LT. GOVERNOR NANCY WYMAN MEDIA EVENTS FOR AUG 14-15

  Leeway Nursing Home Tour, Noon - 40 Albert Street, New Haven - Leeway with state assistance recently opened 30 residential beds for HIV/AIDS patients

• 6/18/2017 LT. Governor Wyman Statement on Republican Healthcare Bill

  Thank you Senator Blumenthal for bringing us together today, and for all of you here who are standing up for the 20 million-plus Americans who rely on the Affordable Care Act—hundreds of thousands of whom live in Connecticut.

• 12/26/2013 LT. GOV. WYMAN ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTOR OF HEALTHCARE INNOVATION

  Mark Schaefer, PhD, to Direct Connecticut’s State Innovation Model Initiative - Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman announced today that effective January 1, 2014, Mark Schaefer, PhD, will be the Director of Healthcare Innovation, leading Connecticut's State Innovation Model Initiative, (SIM), a broad stakeholder effort under the Affordable Care Act to transform healthcare delivery and health for Connecticut's residents within the next five years.

• 12/12/2013 GOV. MALLOY & LT GOV. WYMAN DIRECT FLAGS TO HALF-STAFF ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRAGEDY AT SANDY HOOK

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman today directed U.S. and Connecticut flags to half-staff on Saturday

• 12/3/2013 RESPONDERS INVOLVED IN SANDY HOOK TRAGEDY TO RECEIVE COMPENSATORY TIME UNDER NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that first responders and other state employees who were significantly involved with the direct response to the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year will be credited with forty hours of compensatory time under an agreement reached between the state and six unions representing the state employees

• 12/20/2013 GOV. MALLOY ANNOUNCES $1.7 MILLION FEDERAL BONUS FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTH CARE ENROLLMENT

  The Obama Administration has awarded a $1.7 million performance bonus to Connecticut for continuing improvements in children’s health care enrollment efforts in the state.