| 3/31/2009 | Gov. Rell: April 1 Marks Start of Initiative to Help Mentally Ill Avoid Nursing Home Stays |
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Governor Rell today announced that beginning April 1, Medicaid funding will become available to support community-based services to help people with serious mental illness avoid long stays in Connecticut nursing homes.
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| 3/30/2009 | Gov. Rell: Executive Order Ensures Transparency, Accountability of Stimulus Funds |
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"This executive order will provide oversight on every state project, every application and every deadline to ensure Connecticut meets the letter of the law."
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| 3/30/2009 | Gov. Rell Seeking VA Stimulus Funding for State Veterans Home Renovations |
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"This is a tremendous opportunity to leverage federal stimulus funding and we intend to go after this grant award aggressively."
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| 3/27/2009 | Governor Rell, Missouri Governor Offer Friendly Wager on Saturday’s UConn-Mizzou Matchup |
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| 3/27/2009 | Gov. Rell: Stimulus Funds To Expand Health Care for Uninsured |
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"These health centers do a tremendous job in caring for patients regardless of their ability to pay."
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| 3/27/2009 | Gov. Rell: Law Enforcement Projects Slated for Stimulus Funding |
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“By increasing both the number of DNA samples taken and the rate at which we process them we can enhance one of the most critical items in our scientific crime-fighting tool kit. We will also be able to boost statewide and regional anti-drug efforts and the way we handle probation and parole cases.”
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| 3/26/2009 | Gov. Rell: Revenue Drop Continues to Erode Bottom Line of Projected Two-Year Budget |
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"I continue to be disappointed by the lack of any semblance of urgency from the Legislature to address the state’s two-year budget."
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| 3/26/2009 | Gov. Rell: Stimulus Enables ‘Great Strides’ in Battles Against Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault |
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“This funding will enable Connecticut to make great strides on both sides of the equation – prevention and prosecution. Providing 24-hour, seven-day-a-week staffing at domestic violence shelters has long been a shared goal."
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| 3/25/2009 | Gov. Rell Urges Changes to Help Unemployed with COBRA Coverage |
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Governor Rell today called on the General Assembly to modify Connecticut’s insurance laws to take advantage of a provision in the federal stimulus package that makes it much less expensive for people who lose their job to keep their health insurance under the law known as “COBRA.”
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| 3/24/2009 | Gov. Rell: State Stimulus Web Site Allows Public to Track Flow of Federal Dollars |
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The Web site is found on www.ct.gov by clicking on the CT Recovery link.
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| 3/24/2009 | Gov. Rell: State Makes Formal Application For $39 Million in Energy Stimulus Funds |
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| 3/24/2009 | Gov. Rell: UnitedHealth Group Will Keep 2,000 Jobs in Downtown Hartford |
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"This is a triumph for Connecticut, for UnitedHealth Group and for our state’s capital city – and welcome news to employees and their families at a time of terrible economic uncertainty."
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| 3/24/2009 | Governor Rell: $163 Million in Stimulus Funds To Bolster Bus, Rail and Greenway Projects |
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“These statewide projects, both large and small, have one thing in common – they need hard-working men and women of Connecticut to make them a reality.”
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| 3/23/2009 | Governor Rell Announces State Loans for Job Creation, Retention |
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“We will continue to make solid investments in those efforts that create jobs and further strengthen businesses around the state.”
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| 3/23/2009 | Gov. Rell Hails Continued Success of RGGI Auction |
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Under Governor Rell’s guidance, Connecticut was one of the first states to join this historic program, which has demonstrated the viability of efforts to limit dangerous green house gas emissions.
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| 3/23/2009 | Gov. Rell: Connecticut Getting $1.73 Million from Stimulus for Projects to Reduce Diesel Emissions |
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The three initiatives are a program to retrofit emission systems on state-owned diesel vehicles, a truck-stop electrification project to reduce diesel truck idling and a project to replace a high-emitting diesel locomotive engine with a low-emission power system.
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| 3/20/2009 | Gov. Rell Says Current Budget Deficit Estimate Stands at $667 Million |
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| 3/20/2009 | Gov. Rell: More Than $3.6 Million to Address Foreclosure Needs in 12 Cities and Towns |
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Municipalities receiving the funding are: Naugatuck, New Milford, East Haven, Torrington, Enfield, Killingly, Bloomfield, Plainfield, Wallingford, Ansonia, Shelton and Windsor.
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| 3/20/2009 | Gov. Rell Calls Cucia Park in Middletown ‘Only Suitable Site’ for New Reserve Center |
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"Of the sites the Defense Department is considering, Cucia Park is, by far, the most sensible."
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| 3/20/2009 | Gov. Rell: AIG Subpoena Documents Delivered to Commissioner of Consumer Protection |
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| 3/19/2009 | Governor Rell Fights Expanded Powers for Federal Energy Regulators |
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"Connecticut has had nightmarish experiences with FERC in the last five years – from its foolhardy proposal to create artificially high electric rates to its refusal to give our state a ‘seat at the table’ when it came to the proposed Broadwater liquefied natural gas platform in Long Island Sound."
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| 3/19/2009 | Governor Rell: AIG Subpoena Will Be Delivered Today |
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The subpoena is for contract documents, employee names and titles, job descriptions and other employment information.
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| 3/18/2009 | Gov. Rell Takes Action on AIG Bonuses |
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Governor Rell ordered Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr. to investigate the bonuses given out by AIG to determine if the bonuses can be voided under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA). Governor Rell directed Commissioner Farrell to subpoena the employment contracts that AIG has cited to justify the bonuses.
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| 3/18/2009 | Gov. Rell: Stimulus Funds Available To Hire and Retain Police Officers |
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“This funding can ensure police departments have adequate personnel to keep our citizens safe. It will also be a tremendous help to our cities and towns that are struggling in this economy. Many have already had to make difficult choices this year.”
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| 3/18/2009 | Gov. Rell: ‘Green’ Building Regulations Would Bolster Emerging Workforce |
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"Building and maintaining energy efficient buildings will help pave the way for the workforce of the future – green collar jobs."
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| 3/16/2009 | Gov. Rell’s Bill Would Eliminate 130 Obsolete Laws |
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"My goals are simple: less confusion, less clutter, and less government. There are 14,000 pages of laws on the books – and every year we add an average of 200 new laws to the stack. Layers of laws have come at the expense of clarity and focus. The sheer volume – and the rate at which they are added – reflects government’s preference for adding layers instead of removing what is no longer needed."
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| 3/16/2009 | Gov. Rell: Legislation Will Toughen and Expand Reporting Requirements of Sex Offenders |
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"These changes will increase the frequency of reporting and expand the amount of information available on sex offenders to include their employers and information about vehicles that offenders drive."
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| 3/16/2009 | Gov. Rell: Time to Strengthen State Laws Against Computer Predators Abusing Children |
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"One relatively new problem is the growing proliferation of sexually explicit photos or videos of minors taken with webcams and cell phones. These youngsters may be enticed into doing something – just for a moment – without realizing that the consequences can last a lifetime. My proposal makes this offense a Class D felony for the first offense, a Class C felony for the second offense and a Class B felony for any further offenses."
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| 3/16/2009 | Gov. Rell: State’s Shared Work Program Helping to Save Jobs During Economic Downturn |
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"Approximately 300 businesses in Connecticut are currently taking advantage of this program. Many of them are manufacturing companies that value their skilled work force but do not have enough current orders to keep their employees working full-time."
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| 3/16/2009 | Gov. Rell, Senator Prague Agree to Delay Department on Aging for One Year |
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| 3/13/2009 | Gov. Rell Reconstitutes Connecticut Student Loan Foundation Board, Orders Sweeping Changes |
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"The mission of the Foundation is to help increase access to college for our students, not to increase the administrators’ compensation and benefits at the expense of the students and, ultimately, of the Foundation itself."
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| 3/13/2009 | Gov. Rell: Off-Budget Accounts Review Finds Far Less than $220 Million Available |
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"Even more troubling, this means there is a major hole in the Democrats’ deficit mitigation plan – one I am worried they will try to fill by dipping even further into the state’s Budget Reserve Fund – the ‘Rainy Day Fund.’"
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| 3/10/2009 | Gov. Rell, Banks Co-Chairs Duff & Barry: Agreement to Make Foreclosure Mediation Mandatory |
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Governor M. Jodi Rell and the co-Chairs of the Legislature’s Banks Committee – Senator Bob Duff and Representative Ryan P. Barry – today announced they have reached agreement on legislation that would make mediation a mandatory part of all real estate foreclosures in Connecticut, a move that could sharply reduce the number of borrowers losing their homes.
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| 3/10/2009 | Gov. Rell: DMV Commissioner Takes Medical Leave |
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Governor Rell announced today that Motor Vehicles Commissioner Robert M. Ward is taking a medical leave for a kidney transplant that will be performed on Wednesday, March 11.
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| 3/10/2009 | Gov. Rell Announces Additional Help For Unemployed: 13 More Weeks of Benefits |
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According to the Governor, the 13 weeks are in addition to the 26 weeks of state benefits and the 33 weeks of federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC-08) currently being provided to the state’s jobless residents.
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| 3/9/2009 | Gov. Rell Calls for Start of Budget Negotiations |
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“Together we must not only craft a budget that preserves the most essential state services during a time of economic difficulty without causing added pain on taxpayers and employers but one that positions our state to be the national leaders it should be – and must be – when the economy once more begins to thrive.”
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| 3/9/2009 | Gov. Rell: Middle College Proposal Will Keep Connecticut a Work Force Leader |
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“With the Middle College system, students could have as many as 48 of the 60 to 65 credits they need for most Associates of Liberal Arts degrees by the time they finish high school. This system would provide a virtually seamless transition to completion of their degree and the skill sets our young people need to succeed – not only academically but financially and socially.”
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| 3/9/2009 | Governor Rell: DOT ‘Shovel-Ready’ Projects On Schedule for Spring Construction Season |
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Governor Rell announced that the state’s Recovery Working Group approved more than $200 million in federal stimulus transportation projects to quickly create jobs on dozens of statewide transportation projects, including bridge replacement and repair, road paving and traffic signal work.
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| 3/9/2009 | Gov. Rell: Stimulus Infrastructure Projects Should Be 25 Percent ‘Green’ |
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"This is a tremendous opportunity to not only put people back to work but to build on the progress we have already made to build a green collar workforce and protect our environment."
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| 3/9/2009 | EPA Recognizes Connecticut As One of Nation’s Top Green Power Purchasers |
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“We are well on track to achieve the goal of obtaining 20 percent of the electricity used by the state of Connecticut from renewable sources by the year 2020.”
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| 3/9/2009 | Gov. Rell Announces Plan To Preserve Funding for Local Bridge Program |
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| 3/9/2009 | Gov. Rell Cuts Ribbon on New Training Facility for Aerospace Workers |
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The project consists of a new aircraft hangar, classrooms and trade shops. Aero Tech is a two-year, post-high school, aviation maintenance technician program offering training for Federal Aviation Administration Airframe and Powerplant Certification. Aero Tech graduates are employed by aviation companies throughout the state.
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| 3/6/2009 | Gov. Rell: State Web SiteTo Track Stimulus Funds, Projects, Jobs |
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The new Web site – www.recovery.ct.gov .
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| 3/6/2009 | Gov. Rell Requesting Quick Passage of State Legislation to Expedite Stimulus Money |
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“Since the Act requires that federal stimulus funds be obligated and spent within a relatively short timeframe, this proposed bill would tighten the timeframes for issuance of state permits so that more projects would be truly ‘shovel-ready.’”
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| 3/6/2009 | Gov. Rell: Bill Would Strengthen Monitoring of Nursing Home Finances and Management |
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“Nursing homes are an important part of the network of care and services for Connecticut residents and quality of care issues are paramount to individuals who have a family member in a nursing facility. We must do everything in our power to ensure a standard of care that instills confidence in the people who are entrusting loved ones to a nursing facility.”
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| 3/5/2009 | Gov. Rell: Testimony Supports Agency Consolidation |
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"My proposal will give businesses a single point of contact for assistance and continue incentives for job creation."
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| 3/5/2009 | Gov. Rell: Voluntary Furloughs Saved State Over $1 Million Since January |
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The Governor was among the 2,400 executive and non-union managers who voluntarily took an unpaid furlough day as part of her cost-cutting move announced on January 13.
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| 3/4/2009 | Gov. Rell: Bill Would Strengthen Penalties for Intoxicated Boaters in Fatal Crashes |
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Under current law, killing someone while boating under the influence is punishable by up to two years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000 – far lower than the penalties typically applied for similar cases involving automobiles. Under the Governor’s proposal, second-degree manslaughter with a vessel would be punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
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| 3/4/2009 | Gov. Rell to Legislative Leaders: Layoffs, Higher Ed Cuts Inevitable Unless Other Savings Adopted |
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"In every agency, I have cut the two biggest line items – Personal Services and Other Expenses – to the bone. The only exception has been higher education, which has seen just one round of cuts because I did not want students and parents to endure tuition increases in the midst of an economic downturn."
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| 3/4/2009 | Gov. Rell Appoints Team To Help Identify Millions in Savings |
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“The unstable national economy continues to erode our bottom line and we need to find cuts anywhere we can and as soon as we can. I want a thorough accounting of each and every account and an accurate reflection of what is truly available to plug our budget gap."
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| 3/3/2009 | Gov. Rell: New Department on Aging Will Deliver Services, Care to State’s Seniors |
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Under the Governor’s bill, the current Department of Social Services will continue to operate the state’s services for senior citizens until the new Department on Aging is fully operational. Once the new agency is up and running, it will take responsibility for the existing network of services, regional administration and funding allocated under the Older Americans Act.
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| 3/3/2009 | Gov. Rell Orders Freeze on All State Agency Purchasing |
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“Families and businesses are cutting back in every way imaginable to try to get through these tough economic times. They are delaying purchases and simply going without certain items. We must require state government to do exactly the same thing. It is very simple – the State will get by with less.”
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| 3/3/2009 | Gov. Rell: Studio Company Plans Major Project on South Windsor Site |
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“Connecticut Studios is a project that could provide immediate and sustained economic benefits to South Windsor and to the State of Connecticut. Between the studio facilities and commercial/retail development on the site, the total project investment will be approximately $65 million dollars and will create more than 500 construction jobs, 114 permanent jobs and – based upon the level of film production – up to 1,500 studio production jobs on an annual basis.”
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| 3/2/2009 | Gov. Rell: Treasurer Advises of Potential State Cash Flow Issue |
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Governor Rell announced that Treasurer Denise Nappier has written her to caution that because of the slumping national economy there is a possibility the state could face a cash flow problem later this year. In response to the Treasurer’s letter, Governor Rell is considering a range of options to ensure Connecticut will continue meeting its financial obligations.
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| 3/2/2009 | Gov. Rell: 2 Hour Delayed Arrival for Non-Critical State Employees |
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She strongly urges everyone else to stay off the roads until at least 8 am.
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| 3/1/2009 | Gov. Rell Certifies Connecticut’s Acceptance of Stimulus Funds |
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