Gov. Dannel P. Malloy nominated Rep. Auden Grogins, D-Bridgeport, as a Superior Court judge Friday, creating a second vacancy in the city’s legislative delegation: Sen. Andres Ayala Jr. is becoming the governor’s new motor vehicles commissioner.
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Malloy’s New Year’s resolution is to be ‘aggressive’
It is a holiday week, and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is relaxed, at least on the Malloy scale. The New Year marks a midpoint in Malloy’s own up-and-down journey as governor, a natural moment for introspection, to assess where he’s been and think about what lies ahead, starting Wednesday when he begins a second term with a small inaugural parade and an address to a joint session of the General Assembly.
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Malloy names Jonathan Harris for consumer protection
Jonathan Harris, a lawyer and former state senator who recently stepped down as executive director of the Connecticut Democratic Party, was named commissioner of consumer protection Tuesday by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
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Malloy keeps options open on tolls for Connecticut highways
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy tried to give himself more flexibility Monday to re-establish tolls, warning he would force a Capitol debate in 2015 on the costs necessary to upgrade the state’s long-neglected transportation network. And while the governor insisted on the campaign trail last fall that two conditions must be met for tolls to be considered, he abandoned one – a precipitous drop in federal transportation funding – on Monday.
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Malloy names Karen Buffkin as counsel for second term
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy filled a key vacancy Monday, naming Karen Buffkin as his general counsel, an appointment that could help give women about half the top jobs in Malloy’s second-term administration.
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Malloy appointees get holiday raises of up to 12%
The holidays will be a little merrier for about 200 appointees of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other constitutional officers: They are getting raises ranging from three percent to 12 percent at an annual cost of $1.4 million.
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Malloy names Sen. Ayala as his first Latino commissioner
Sen. Andres Ayala Jr., D-Bridgeport, who declined an administration post in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s first term, was named Monday as the next commissioner of motor vehicles, giving Malloy his first Hispanic department head. Lobbying is under way for a second.
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Dinardo ending a decade as Democratic state chair
Nancy DiNardo is ending a decade as Democratic state chairwoman next month and will be succeeded by her vice chair, Nick Balletto, with the backing of the recently re-elected Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
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Malloy 2.0 update: Pitkin retiring; Jones-Taylor staying
Howard Pitkin intends to retire as the state banking commissioner in January, while Myra Jone-Taylor will return as commissioner of the Office of Early Childhood, the administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Friday. The governor has yet to announce the fate of only three commissioners.
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Malloy reappoints Klein, Reviczky and Rehmer
Her department is not yet listed in the State Register and Manual, the official registry of state government known as the Blue Book, but Gov. Dannel P. Malloy knows Evonne Klein is the commissioner of housing — and he wants her to come back for a second term. The same is true for Steven K. […]
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Malloy 2.0: Who is staying, leaving — so far
Wondering about the status of your favorite commissioner in the administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy? Here’s a scorecard showing the departing, the remaining – and those whose status is a mystery, at least to the public. It is current through 2:06 p.m. Wednesday.
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Once a talk-show punchline, busway almost ready to roll
It was a topic to avoid on the campaign trail, a $567 million punch line for much of his first term — “the busway to nowhere.” But now that he is re-elected and it’s nearing completion, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is embracing the rebranded “CT fastrak.”
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Pryor heading to Rhode Island as secretary of commerce
Outgoing Connecticut Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor has been nominated to lead the Department of Commerce in Rhode Island — a state with the third-highest unemployment rate in the country.
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Doba makes departure official
Andrew Doba is stepping down as the communication director for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and will be succeeded by Mark Bergman, who handled communications for the governor’s re-election campaign.
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Free of campaign, Malloy tries a new narrative
CROMWELL – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a politician who’s never gone long in reminding voters of the weak economy and fiscal crisis he inherited, seemed to turn a page Tuesday morning with a speech focusing on the new term that begins Jan. 7.
