PROVIDENCE, RI, RHODE ISLAND, September 6 - With a new, more comprehensive COVID-19 booster dose now authorized and recommended by federal health officials, these updated booster shots will start to become available in Rhode Island this week and next. …
RHODE ISLAND, September 6 - PAWTUCKET, RI – Governor Dan McKee was joined today by Senator Sandra Cano and Representative Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung, and community leaders to ceremonially sign legislation which requires all public elementary and secondary …
RHODE ISLAND, September 1 - PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that it is upgrading about 180 acres of shellfishing grounds in the Nausauket area of Greenwich Bay in Warwick from prohibited to …
RHODE ISLAND, August 22 - PROVIDENCE, RI – The following can be attributed to Matt Sheaff, a spokesman for Governor Dan McKee: "Late yesterday evening, Governor McKee tested positive for COVID-19. He only has minor symptoms because he is vaccinated …
RHODE ISLAND, August 18 - PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee released the following statement on today's jobs report, which shows that Rhode Island is maintaining a strong unemployment rate of 2.7 percent – tied with last month, and April and May of …
RHODE ISLAND, August 18 - WARWICK, RI – Continuing his #RIMomuntum Tour, Governor Dan McKee was joined today by House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, legislators, and advocates to highlight new legislative initiatives and budget investments aimed at …
RHODE ISLAND, August 16 - PROVIDENCE, RI – Continuing his #RIMomentum Tour, Governor Dan McKee and members of the State's Congressional delegation joined the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) today to unveil Rhode Island's first …
RHODE ISLAND, August 16 - BURRILLVILLE, RI – Governor Dan McKee, Pascoag Utility District (PUD) and the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER) today announced the official opening of Rhode Island's first utility scale battery storage facility. …
RHODE ISLAND, August 12 - PAWTUCKET, RI – Governor Dan McKee, state and local officials joined Fortuitous Partners to break ground today on phase one of Tidewater Landing. Phase one of the mixed-use riverfront development project, located on the Seekonk …
RHODE ISLAND, August 11 - WARWICK, RI – Governor Dan McKee, joined Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, Rhode Island Secretary of Housing Josh Saal, and additional state leaders at the Meadowbrook Terrace housing …
RHODE ISLAND, August 11 - PAWTUCKET, RI – Governor Dan McKee and the Office of Energy Resources (OER) announced today a proposal to use $3.8 million in funding from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) fund to provide direct rate relief to low- …
RHODE ISLAND, August 9 - PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today issued the following statement after President Biden signed the landmark CHIPS and Science Act: "Today is a landmark day for the county as President Biden signs into law the CHIPS and …
RHODE ISLAND, August 9 - WARWICK, RI – Governor Dan McKee was joined today by Breeze Airways President Tom Doxey along with federal, state and local officials, to announce that Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) will become a base of …
CRANSTON, RI, RHODE ISLAND, August 9 - The Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee recently met to allocate the State Fiscal Year 2023 (SFY23) opioid settlement funds. This allocation of $20 million has been approved by Rhode Island Executive Office of …
RHODE ISLAND, August 9 - PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today has issued a statewide drought advisory, based on the recommendation of federal, state and local experts that make up the state's Drought Steering Committee. The Water Resources Board …
RHODE ISLAND, August 5 - PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor McKee continued his #RIMomentum Tour on Federal Hill joined by Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, members of the General Assembly, Commerce Secretary Liz Tanner, Executive Director of the Federal Hill Commerce …
RHODE ISLAND, August 3 - PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH)'s Monkeypox Task Force today announced an expansion of the state's monkeypox vaccination efforts this week by opening vaccine …
RHODE ISLAND, August 3 - PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee, along with offshore wind joint-venture partners Ørsted and Eversource, announced today a collaborative partnership with higher education, labor and workforce development organizations, to …
RHODE ISLAND, August 2 - NEWPORT, RI – Continuing his #RIMomentum Tour, Governor Dan McKee today announced the details of the new Rhode Island Child Tax Rebate, a state tax rebate of $250 per child for a maximum of three children. The program was created …
RHODE ISLAND, August 2 - PROVIDENCE, RI – Continuing his #RIMomentum Tour, Governor Dan McKee, joined by Lt. Governor Sabina Matos and the Office of Energy Resources (OER), announced today the High-efficiency Heat Pump Program (HHPP). The program will …
