EAST PROVIDENCE, RI Governor Dan McKee today announced that East Providence has become the third community to sign the Learn365RI Municipal Compact. Mayor Bob DaSilva signed the compact during a taping of his new local television show and in doing so committed to helping the state improve...
The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today applications are now open for the individual artist grant program, General Operating Support for Artists, and R.I.'s Teaching Artist Roster, a directory of approved arts educators.
The Teaching Artist Roster is a listing of...
PROVIDENCE, RI Governor Dan McKee, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner, and Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley today joined ุrsted and Eversource, and other local leaders at the developers' ProvPort offshore wind construction hub to celebrate the...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that General Mills is recalling two, five and 10-pound bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached and Bleached All Purpose Flour with "better if used by" dates of March 27, 2024 and March 28, 2024. The recall is being issued for the...
Because of inclement weather forecast this week, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today updated its schedule for overnight closures of the Sandy Bottom Bridge in Coventry. The closures will now take place tonight, Tuesday, May 2 and on Sunday, May 7 - Thursday, May 11. During...
BRISTOL, RI Governor Dan McKee and Bristol Town Administrator Steven Contente today signed the Learn365RI Municipal Compact, making Bristol the second community to commit to helping the state improve student achievement levels by increasing out-of-school learning time.
"Our goal with...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that, as part of the $74 million Pell Bridge Ramps project, it will temporarily close Admiral Kalbfus Road at the old Route 138 overpass, located between the Newport roundabout and the former Newport Grand.
The...
PROVIDENCE, RI The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today that it is offering one-time sign-on and retention bonuses of $500 each and hourly pay increases of between 10% and almost 15% to lifeguards this summer. The agency views the incentives as critical to recruiting more...
PROVIDENCE, RI Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Transportation and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, today released a Request for Proposals for Phase 1 of the National Electric Vehicle...
PROVIDENCE, RI Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore today called for a special election to be held in State Senate District 1.
The special election will fill the seat left vacant by the passing of the Honorable Maryellen Goodwin on April 15, 2023.
Secretary Amore sent a letter to the...
