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07/09/2014
State of Rhode Island Automates Employment Application Process. Apply RI allows job seekers of state government jobs to track application; create an online account. Providence, R.I. – Governor Lincoln D. Chafee announced today that the State of Rhode Island will "go green" by launching Apply...
07/08/2014
Clinic has offered free health care to the uninsured since 1999 Providence, RI – During a ceremony at the State House today, Governor Lincoln D. Chafee thanked business leader and philanthropist Ernie Boch Jr. for his gift of $25,000 to the Rhode Island Free Clinic. Boch, President and CEO of...
07/01/2014
Governor Lincoln D. Chafee today referred to the 2014 legislative session as the most productive during his tenure. He noted he expects there will be a minimum number of vetoes. Governor Chafee said, "It was a year where my major priorities were successfully addressed. The two top ones...
07/01/2014
Providence, RI— It is the policy of the Governor's Office to grant requests for Dome lightings once they are submitted. Today (July 1) at 11:30 a.m., Governor Lincoln D. Chafee received a request by CM Sgt. John P. Gallo, President of the Rhode Island House Veterans Affairs Advisory Council, to...
06/26/2014
Providence, RI – Governor Lincoln D. Chafee joined Director Charles J. Fogarty, Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training, today to announce the most recent analysis of first quarter 2014 tax data. The data indicated that Rhode Island job growth was greater than originally estimated, with 1,...
06/24/2014
Providence, RI – Governor Lincoln D. Chafee announced today that he has appointed Laura A. Pisaturo of Warwick to chair the Rhode Island Parole Board filling the seat vacated by Dr. Kenneth Walker, who resigned effective July 31, 2014. Walker served as a parole board member from 1979-2008 and...
06/23/2014
Exeter, RI – Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis were joined Friday, June 20, 2014, at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery by Director, Sandra M. Powell, Department of Human Services and the Division of Veterans Affairs, as well as veterans' services...
06/23/2014
Providence, RI – New public art, which adorns the Interlink Parking Garage on Jefferson Boulevard in Warwick, provides a new identity to the Warwick Interlink Parking Garage, Governor Lincoln D. Chafee, Warwick's Mayor Scott Avedisian and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA)...
06/19/2014
Providence, R.I. — With the signing of the FY 2015 budget, Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) joined with Representative John G. Edwards and Senator Louis P. DiPalma to announce the elimination of the toll on the Sakonnet River Bridge. The...
06/19/2014
Providence, R.I. – In a ceremony today at the State House, Governor Lincoln D. Chafee signed into law the FY 2015 Budget, Bill No. 7133 SUB A as amended relating to making appropriations for the support of the state for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015. In addition, he has included a...