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Providence, R.I. - Governor Lincoln D. Chafee announced today that both U.S. and Rhode Island flags will remain at half-staff through Saturday, April 28, 2012. The Governor previously ordered both U.S. and Rhode Island flags to half-staff in honor of Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe, who died April...
Governor Lincoln D. Chafee announced today that the Rhode Island Department of Human Services has been chosen by the Urban Institute as one of six states awarded a three-year implementation grant as part of the Ford Foundation-funded Work Support Strategies initiative. This initiative seeks to...
Providence, RI - Governor Lincoln D. Chafee has traveled to Kuwait and Afghanistan last week as part of a Governors' Delegation sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense. The primary purpose of the trip, which began with a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at the Pentagon, is...
Providence, RI - Governor Lincoln D. Chafee has traveled to Kuwait and Afghanistan this week as part of a Governors' Delegation sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense. The primary purpose of the trip, which began with a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at the Pentagon, is...
Effort to Increase Efficiency, Effectiveness of State Programs Kelly K. Mahoney to Serve as Governor's Director of Policy Providence, RI - Governor Lincoln D. Chafee announced today that Director of Policy Brian M. Daniels has agreed to lead the state's performance management initiative,...
Competition will use cutting-edge social networking tools to encourage state employees to walk, run, bike, swim and spin their way to health and well-being Providence, RI - According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...
Central Falls, RI - Central Falls Receiver Robert Flanders today announced that, at the Governor's instruction, the City will not object to the recent ruling of the Bankruptcy Court that the Central Falls School District is not part of the City of Central Falls. The City had until midnight tonight...
Providence, R.I. - To honor the memory of Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe, who died April 12 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Governor Lincoln D. Chafee today ordered U.S. and Rhode Island flags across the state to be lowered to half-staff until Lance Cpl. Tarwoe is...
Pawtucket, RI - Governor Lincoln D. Chafee traveled to Pawtucket City Hall this evening to urge city council members to pass a resolution in support of his municipal reform and relief legislative package. The council is expected to vote on the measure at its next meeting. Eleven Rhode Island city...
On the heels of recent move by Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) Board of Directors to provide better access to financing for Rhode Island businesses, the Governor joined RIEDC Executive Director Keith Stokes and company management and...