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AttendanceMattersRI: Governor McKee, Commissioner Infante-Green Recognize Weekly Attendance Leaders and Improved Schools
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AttendanceMattersRI: Governor McKee, Commissioner Infante-Green Recognize Weekly Attendance Leaders and Improved Schools

LPR News November 20, 2024

Week of November 11, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI — Acknowledging the importance of consistent attendance in education and in alignment with the #AttendanceMattersRI campaign, Governor Dan McKee and Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green are pleased to highlight the top elementary, middle, and high schools with the greatest average weekly attendance. The following schools are Rhode Island’s attendance leaders for the week of November 11, 2024*:   Elementary: Stadium Elementary School, Cranston – 97.2% Middle: Portsmouth Middle […]Read More

Whitehouse Returns from Baku after Leading Senate Delegation to COP29
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Whitehouse Returns from Baku after Leading Senate Delegation to COP29

LPR News November 20, 2024

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) led the Senate delegation to Baku, Azerbaijan last weekend for the U.N.’s 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP)—the largest and most important venue for world governments to gather to find international agreement on ways to solve the global climate crisis.  U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) […]Read More

Treasurer Diossa Announces Interstate Partnership and Program Administrator for RISavers Program
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Treasurer Diossa Announces Interstate Partnership and Program Administrator for RISavers

LPR News November 20, 2024

Cranston, RI – Today, General Treasurer James A. Diossa announced that Treasury will offer a public retirement savings program for Rhode Island private sector employees not currently offered a retirement savings option by their employer. The RISavers Program (“RISavers”) – created by the Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program Act – will partner with an existing […]Read More

Governor McKee, Congressional Delegation, and Office of Energy Resources Award Municipalities $2.75 Million from Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant Program
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Governor McKee, Congressional Delegation, and Office of Energy Resources Award

LPR News October 29, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee, Rhode Island’s Congressional Delegation, and the Office of Energy Resources have awarded $2.75 million from the Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, with $1.5 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and $1.25 million from the state’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative […]Read More

Jetblue’s Non-stop Daily Flights to Puerto Rico Take-off at T.F. Green International Airport
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Jetblue’s Non-stop Daily Flights to Puerto Rico Take-off at T.F.

LPR News October 28, 2024

Warwick, RI – Today, Jetblue launch its daily non-stop flights to San Juan, Puerto Rico from T.F. Green International Airport. A group of Rhode Island elected officials and business owners were there to celebrate and take the first direct flight to San Juan, PR.   According to airport officials, flights to Luis Muñoz Marín International […]Read More

RI Delegation Lands $10M for Concourse Upgrades at Rhode Island T.F. Green Airport
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RI Delegation Lands $10M for Concourse Upgrades at Rhode Island

LPR News October 25, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – Attention passengers in the terminal, Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport (PVD) is getting some new interior upgrades and gates.   In an effort to improve operational efficiency, deliver a unified and modern design, and enhance passenger flow and comfort for the traveling public, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen […]Read More

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES ANNOUNCES NONSTOP ROUTE TO NASHVILLE SIX DAYS A WEEK
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES ANNOUNCES NONSTOP ROUTE TO NASHVILLE SIX DAYS A

LPR News October 25, 2024

The Rhode Island Airport Corporation welcomed recent news that Southwest Airlines will soon launch new, nonstop flights from Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport (PVD) to Nashville International Airport (BNA.)  The nonstop route begins on April 8, 2025, with nonstop flights available at attractive mid-day arrival and departure times Sundays through Fridays. Southwest Airlines offered nonstop […]Read More

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