News Releases

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• 4/18/2019 Treasurer Wooden: First 100 Days in Office Show Commitment To Action on State's Pressing Fiscal Challenges; Addressing Unfunded Pension Liabilities,Improving Credit Standing Among Highlights

• 4/26/2019 HARTFORD BUSINESS.COM - The state sold $240 million in UConn 2000 bonds in a near-record sale, the Treasurer says.

• 3/5/2019 Hartford Courant - Family, Friends and State Officials Send Off 123 Members of the Connecticut National Guard Who Are Deploying to Cuba - "During the send-off ceremony Tuesday, state Treasurer Shawn Wooden told the troops: "We will never forget that it is your courage, your sweat and sometimes your blood that keeps America free. ... I'll be here when you return."

• 2/19/2019 Pension&Investments - Connecticut Governor Proposes Reforms to State Teachers Fund in Conjunction with Treasurer.

• 3/8/2019 THE BOND BUYER - Treasurer Shawn Wooden Expects His Proposal to Fix the State Teachers' Pension System to Kick-Start an Agenda that Includes Infrastructure, Improved Returns and Financial Literacy.

• 6/20/2019 Treasurer Wooden Names Laurie Martin Chief Investment Officer of State's $35.5 Billion Pension Plans; With Appointment, Key Leader To Focus on Stability and Other Initiatives to Keep Connecticut on 'Right Fiscal Path'

• 6/5/2019 ctpost - Budget Averts Massive Teacher Pension Payment

• 5/22/2019 Hartford Courant - State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden: The reckoning has come. It's time to restructure the debt.

• 6/6/2019 Nearly 70 Percent of Facebook's Non-Insider Votes Support Independent Board Chair; Shareholder Resolution Co-filed by Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, Public Plans

• 9/23/2020 Connecticut State Treasurer and the Ford Foundation Launch Partnership to Advance Corporate Call to Action Working Group and Address Economic and Racial Disparities

• 9/29/2021 Media Alert - Tomorrow: Treasurer Wooden Will Join Sen. Booker, Sen. Blumenthal, Rep. DeLauro and Rep. Larson to Celebrate Enactment of CT Baby Bonds and Urge Congress to Pass the American Opportunity Accounts Act to Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap; CT Baby Bonds Became First-of-its-Kind Enacted in the Nation

• 6/25/2019 Patch - $7.6 Million Slated for Enfield Water Pollution Control Plant; Recent Bond Sales Helped Generate More Than $280 Million for this and Similar Projects Across the State, According to the State Treasurer.

• 7/10/2019 Hartford Courant - Second Credit Rating Agency Upgrades Connecticut's Bond Outlook

• 7/10/2019 CTnewsJunkie.com: Credit Rating Agency Upgrades Outlook On Connecticut Bonds

• 3/25/2021 Treasurer Shawn Wooden, Local And Federal Leaders Call On The Legislature To Combat The Growing Racial Wealth Gap By Passing Connecticut “Baby Bonds” Bill, Endorsed By U.S. Senator Blumenthal, U.S. Senator Booker, And Congresswoman DeLauro; Baby Bonds Legislation Will Break Generational Cycles of Poverty While Benefiting Connecticut’s Economy