Quonset, RI - Building on a recent initiatives at Quonset and the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) to make it easier to do business and improve regulatory and permitting processes in Rhode Island, Governor Lincoln D. Chafee joined with state officials and local business...
Providence, RI - The Department of Environmental Management announces the awarding of $4.216 million in open space recreational development matching grants for 35 projects in 23 communities across the state. The grants will fund a variety of projects benefiting Rhode Island cities and towns from...
Providence, RI - Rhode Island and U.S. flags may be returned to full-staff following the burial this afternoon of Rhode Island National Guard Sergeant Dennis P. Weichel, Jr.
On Friday, March 23, Governor Chafee ordered flags throughout the state flown at half-staff following news of Sergeant...
Providence, RI - Governor Lincoln D. Chafee today hosted a Municipal Strategy Session for Rhode Island's municipal leaders. Representatives of 25 of the state's 39 cities and towns attended the meeting, where discussion focused on the legislative package of municipal reform and relief measures...
Providence, RI - Governor Lincoln D. Chafee today released a web video highlighting his legislative package of municipal reforms and illustrating the severity of the fiscal crisis facing Rhode Island's cities and towns.
The video, "Governor Chafee's Plan to Save Our Cities and Towns," provides...
Providence, RI - To honor the memory of Rhode Island National Guard Specialist Dennis P. Weichel, who died Thursday, March 22, 2012, from injuries sustained as a result of an accident involving a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle while conducting security operations in Laghman Province,
Pawtucket, RI - Governor Lincoln D. Chafee joined with municipal leaders from across Rhode Island today in Pawtucket to unveil a legislative package of reform and relief measures that will empower local officials to take the needed steps to achieve fiscal health for their communities. Pointing to...
Providence, RI - Governor Lincoln D. Chafee today announced his nomination of Mary S. McElroy, a career public defender with nearly twenty years of experience at the state and federal level, for Rhode Island Public Defender. McElroy would be the first woman to hold the position since it was...
Central Falls, RI - Governor Lincoln D. Chafee announced today that, after stabilizing Central Falls' municipal finances, the Office of the Receiver is seeking volunteers from Central Falls to serve on a Charter Review Commission.
State-appointed Receiver Robert G. Flanders, Jr. signed an order...
Quonset, RI - Governor Lincoln D. Chafee joined with state officials and local business leaders today to announce that the Port of Davisville at Quonset Business Park has now moved up to become the 7th largest auto importer in North America. Based on figures for 2011, more than 150,000 automobiles...
