PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today announced that the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) and St. Mary’s Home for Children have entered into an agreement for an expanded Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) in North Providence. This agreement is the result of careful and thoughtful negotiations over the last few months […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee has directed Rhode Island state flags to be flown at half-staff at all state facilities and buildings. The flags will remain at half-staff until sunset on the day of interment in memory of Command Sergeant Major Richard Winkelman, who served as the full time Senior Enlisted Advisor for the 56th Troop Command, […]Read More
DHS Launches ARPA Funded Elderly and Disabled Simplified Application Project
CRANSTON, RI – The RI Department of Human Services (DHS) has launched the Elderly and Disabled Simplified Application Project (ESAP), an initiative intended to help ease the application process for older adults and disabled individuals seeking food benefits. With Governor McKee’s strong support for a simplified application and a longer certification period, DHS is pleased […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that the Office, following enforcement action, has halted a deceptive scheme that scammed more than 1,000 Rhode Island businesses and non-profit organizations and secured full restitution for those affected. Following an agreement, approved in Rhode Island Superior Court on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, Centurion Filing Services (Centurion) […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee issued the following statement in response to President Joseph R. Biden’s State of the Union Address: “In his address tonight, President Biden outlined the historic progress that his Administration has made over the past two years in implementing an economic plan that grows our economy from the bottom up and […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI– Mayor Brett P. Smiley today announced the three finalists being considered to become the 38th Chief of the Providence Police Department: Kevin M. Lanni, David A. Lapatin, Oscar L. Perez. The three candidates will appear at a public forum on Wednesday, February 8th at 5:30PM at the Providence Career and Technical Academy, 41 Fricker Street. “I […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI – The McKee Administration today shared new details on its plan to invest more than $100 million for enhancements to the Eleanor Slater Hospital campus in Burrillville. The new facility will broaden Eleanor Slater Hospital’s capabilities and better position the hospital to meet the needs of its current and future patients. “Eleanor Slater Hospital […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Providence man has been found guilty in Providence County Superior Court for the murder of a Smithfield man, 31-year-old Nikolas DiPanni, in 2021. On Thursday, February 2, 2023, following the conclusion of a week-long jury trial before Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause, […]Read More
Mr. Scullin is newly eligible for benefits thanks to the PACT Act, which President Biden signed into law in August Washington, DC – Army and Rhode Island National Guard veteran Vance Scullin tomorrow evening will join President Biden’s State of the Union address as the guest of U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. Mr. Scullin, a resident of […]Read More
Governor McKee Hosts Student Roundtable to Highlight Higher Education Investments
Governor, Lt. Governor, Postsecondary Commissioner Gilkey, CCRI President and Students Discuss RI Reconnect initiative and “Fresh Start Scholarship” WARWICK, RI – On Monday morning, Governor Dan McKee, Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, Rhode Island Commissioner of Postsecondary Education Shannon Gilkey, Community College of Rhode Island President Meghan Hughes, and education leaders heard from a dozen Rhode Island […]Read More