PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today welcomed U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough to Rhode Island for a series of meetings with local veterans, support organizations, and VA professionals. Their engagements focused on meeting with the workers and employees providing Rhode Island veterans with the care, benefits, and services they earned. “I was […]Read More
RIPTA Service to Run Holiday Schedule in Observance of Thanksgiving
RIPTA Offices Will Be closed on Thursday, November 23 Providence, Rhode Island, November 21, 2023 — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will operate all fixed-route services on a Sunday/Holiday schedule on Thursday, November 23, 2023, in observance of Thanksgiving Day, an official state holiday. RIPTA Offices All RIPTA offices will be closed on the […]Read More
Daniel Dolan has irrevocably resigned from the Pawtucket Police Department effective November 30, 2023, ahead of the conclusion of protracted LEOBOR proceedings. The trial of the LEOBOR disciplinary case against Daniel Dolan, Jr. began on August 8th, with additional hearing dates scheduled through December 8th. The City’s outside labor attorney, Vincent Ragosta, Pawtucket Police Chief […]Read More
PAWTUCKET, RI – Rhode Island FC, the Ocean State’s new professional men’s soccer team, has signed St. Patrick’s Athletic forward Mark Doyle to its roster. Doyle joins Rhode Island FC after an impressive career in the League of Ireland First Division from 2016-2023, where he contributed significantly to both Drogheda United and St Patrick’s Athletic, […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Central Falls man has been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 30 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after being found guilty of child molestation against two female victims between 2015 and 2017. On November 17, 2023, Superior Court Justice […]Read More
PAWTUCKET – The City of Pawtucket Fire Department is proud to announce that it is one of the first departments in the state of Rhode Island to have all four rescues at the paramedic level, the highest level. “This is a significant accomplishment that our department has been striving for for quite some time,” said […]Read More
Governor Dan McKee Statement on Revolution Wind Receiving Final Approval
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today issued the following statement on Revolution Wind receiving final approval from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the final decision needed to move the project toward the start of offshore construction. “This is a significant win for Rhode Island, marking an important milestone in […]Read More
Governor McKee, Speaker Shekarchi, CCRI, Ørsted, Eversource, Labor Leaders and
LINCOLN, RI – Governor Dan McKee and Speaker Joseph Shekarchi today joined CCRI’s Interim President Dr. Rosemary Costigan, Revolution Wind’s joint-venture partners Ørsted and Eversource, along with Rhode Island state agencies and labor organizations, for a “topping-off” ceremony of the state’s first offshore wind safety training center at the CCRI Flanagan Campus in Lincoln. Supported […]Read More
Governor McKee Highlights Construction Progress on Revolution Wind – Rhode
NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI – Joint venture partners Ørsted and Eversource are accelerating the full scope of construction of Revolution Wind and joined Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee and local leaders today at the Quonset Business Park to check on the progress of this first utility-scale offshore wind project for Rhode Island and Connecticut. State, business, […]Read More
Court unseals Attorney General’s lawsuit against owners of Fatima and
Complaint filed last week demands Prospect fully fund operations at the two safety-net hospitals PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that the Superior Court has granted his motion to unseal the lawsuit the Office filed last week against Prospect Medical Holdings (Prospect), seeking to enforce the conditions of a 2021 decision imposed to […]Read More