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State Government Press Releases

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08/20/2024
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends closing the swimming area at Sandy Point Beach in Portsmouth, Warren Town Beach in Warren, Hope Community Service Pond in Scituate, and Briar Point Beach in Coventry due to high bacteria counts. RIDOH will continue to monitor and review...
08/20/2024
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore and the RI Department of State Elections Division are today reminding eligible voters that early voting begins tomorrow, August 21, 2024, and continues through September 9. Eligible voters can find their early voting location online at vote.ri....
08/19/2024
On Friday, August 23, and Friday, September 6, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will undertake two weekend-long closures of the ramp from Route 37 West to I-295 North for continued bridge construction as part of the Department's Cranston Canyon project. The closures begin...
08/16/2024
Governor Dan McKee, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressman Gabe Amo, R.I. Speaker of the House K. Joseph Shekarchi, R.I. Senator Mark McKenney, Federal Highway Administration Rhode Island Division Administrator Derek Torrey, and Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT)
08/16/2024
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that tomorrow night, on Friday, August 16, it will begin an extended weekend closure affecting a short portion of I-295 in Warwick, West Warwick and Cranston for the replacement of the Providence Street Bridge. A...
08/13/2024
Warwick, RI—GREEN SPACE Gallery at Rhode Island TF Green International Airport, a partnership between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC), announced today the opening of its summer exhibition featuring works by Ken Moran, Cumberland,...
08/13/2024
The gallery at the Block Island State Airport, a partnership between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC), announced today the opening of its summer exhibition featuring works by Luke Morrison, Providence. The exhibition runs through...
08/13/2024
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends re-opening the swimming area at Kent County YMCA in Warwick, Kingston's Camp and Camp Hoffman in South Kingstown for swimming because bacteria counts have returned to safe levels. RIDOH will continue to monitor and review beach water...
08/09/2024
As part of the ongoing Route 146 project, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is scheduled to close one lane on I-295 North at Route 146 in Lincoln for an extended time period from Wednesday night, August 14 at 7 p.m. through Thursday, August 15 at 1 p.m. The extended closure...
08/09/2024
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends reopening the swimming area at Lincoln Woods in Lincoln for swimming because bacteria counts have returned to safe levels. RIDOH will continue to monitor and review beach water quality through Labor Day. The status of a beach may change...