Providence, RI - Fifteen regional and local planning projects will receive approximately $1 million under the Statewide Planning Program's Planning Challenge Grant Program, Governor Chafee announced today in a 3:00 p.m. public ceremony in the Atrium Gallery of the Department of Administration....
Providence, RI - Joined by Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis, Lt. Governor Elizabeth H. Roberts, Matthew C. Campion, Vice Consul for the British Consulate-General, and State Historic Preservation Officer Edward F. Sanderson, Governor Lincoln D. Chafee today signed an executive order establishing...
Providence, RI - Governor Lincoln D. Chafee today announced his appointment of Roger Williams University School of Law Professor Jorge O. Elorza to the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Foundation.
"Professor Elorza is the perfect candidate for the Rhode Island Foundation's Board of...
Providence, RI - Rhode Island Governor Lincoln D. Chafee today announced that he will introduce a bill mandating full disclosure of previously unregulated political expenditures. The Governor worked collaboratively to develop the legislation with Common Cause Rhode Island, whose Executive Director,
Providence, RI - Governor Lincoln D. Chafee joined with state officials and local business leaders today to celebrated the beginning of construction of a new Wide World of Indoor Sports facility in the Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown, RI. The new multi-use health and wellness sports...
Cranston, RI - The Governor's Workforce Board announced today that it plans to fund more than $200,000 in short-term training and hiring incentives for unemployed and underemployed Rhode Islanders this spring and summer. The four pilot programs include:
1. An electronic health records training...
Cranston, RI - This morning, Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and the RI Department of Labor and Training cosigned an authorization for the state's first apprenticeship program in information technology. The program, submitted by Atrion Networking Corporation, creates an Internetworking Associate...
Central Falls, RI - Governor Lincoln D. Chafee announced today that, after stabilizing Central Falls' municipal finances, the Office of the Receiver is now pursuing additional cost reductions and increased operational efficiency through the consolidation of municipal functions and shared services...
Providence, RI - Rhode Island Governor Lincoln D. Chafee announced this morning that he will file an amicus brief with the Rhode Island Supreme Court in support of the City of Providence's efforts to move retirees into Medicare.
"Given Providence's dire fiscal condition, the reasonable and...
Providence, RI - Governor Lincoln D. Chafee has ordered all U.S. and Rhode Island flags returned to full-staff following the funeral services for former Rhode Island Governor J. Joseph Garrahy, who was laid to rest this afternoon.
