PROVIDENCE – Governor Dan McKee and Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos announced today that Quahog Week – the annual event spotlighting Rhode Island's favorite bivalve as well as the most economically important resource harvested from Narragansett Bay – will run May 15-21. Now in its sixth year,...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee was joined by First Lady Susan McKee, Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, Rhode Island Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti, Rhode Island Public Transit Authority CEO Scott Avedisian, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Acting Director Terry...
WHEREAS, each year, Earth Day serves as a reminder of the value of our state's precious natural resources and helps mark the progress made by Rhode Island in protecting them; and
WHEREAS, since the first Earth Day was enacted in 1970 efforts to improve air and water quality, clean up...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee released the following statement in response to today's jobs report, which showed the state's unemployment rate has fallen below the national unemployment rate for the first time since February 2021:
"Today's jobs report is good news and continues to show...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee was joined by Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Paul Suttell, state agencies and stakeholders in law enforcement, the judiciary, and advocates to launch the Governor's Domestic Violence Working Group.
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee, joined by state, local, and federal leaders, the Rhode Island Foundation, and the High Rock Development team came together to announce a historic rehabilitation of Providence's Industrial Trust Building, commonly referred to as the "Superman Building." The $220...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee announced today approximately $4.8 million in awards that will enable eligible small businesses to expand their capacity to do business outdoors. Funded through Governor McKee's Rhode Island Rebounds initiative, the Take It Outside program will fund 21...
PROVIDENCE, RI – The McKee Administration today announced four finalists for the new Rhode Island Department of Health Laboratories and additional private lab space. The finalists were selected following a request for proposals (RFP) seeking qualified entities to provide a site and develop a new...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) today announced the 2022-2023 opening of the lottery for state-funded RI Pre-K programs. RI Pre-K, entering its 14th year, provides free, high-quality Pre-K education to eligible 4-year-old children across...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee and Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services Secretary Womazetta Jones today announced Kristin Pono Sousa as the state's next Medicaid Program Director – a role she has been filling on an interim basis since December 2021. She will officially...
