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Malloy headed to Milwaukee for NGA meeting

  • by Mark Pazniokas
  • August 1, 2013
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Governor Dannel P. Malloy is taking a long weekend in Milwaukee to attend the summer meeting of the National Governors Association.

The three-day meeting opens Friday afternoon with a session of health cost containment. Over at C-Span, the NGA meeting is known by another name — summer programming.

Three meetings will be broadcast live: “Under Construction: Building a National Consensus on Infrastructure” at 10 a.m. Saturday; “Advancing Corrections Reform” at 1:30 p.m., and “States Role in Cybersecurity” at 12:15 p.m.

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