Providence, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined a group of 14 U.S. Senators in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) urging Senate leadership to include funding to address the monkeypox (MPV)/orthopoxvirus Public Health Emergency (PHE) in any forthcoming legislative package in the […]Read More
Statement on Breeze Airways Unionization Effort from Lieutenant Governor Sabina
PROVIDENCE, RI – Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos today issued the following statement on the vote by Breeze Airways pilots to unionize: “I welcome Breeze Airways as they make Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport a new hub for their airline, but doing business in our state means recognizing the rights of workers to bargain collectively. Rhode […]Read More
CRANSTON, RI — The USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has approved the Summer P-EBT plan submitted by the RI Department of Human Services (DHS), allowing the state to issue additional food benefits for children during the summer months. Eligible children will receive $391 in total benefits to help households pay for their nutritional expenses for the […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that the former director of the John Rollins Recreation Center was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve nine years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to sexually assaulting a female victim under the age of 14 in 2021. Manuel Nunez (age 44), of […]Read More
Governor McKee, State and Local Leaders Break Ground on Tidewater
PAWTUCKET, RI – Governor Dan McKee, state and local officials joined Fortuitous Partners to break ground today on phase one of Tidewater Landing. Phase one of the mixed-use riverfront development project, located on the Seekonk River, includes a professional soccer stadium and entertainment venue. “With strong taxpayer protections, this project is going to spur economic development […]Read More
Rhode Island’s combined recoveries from settlements as part of Rhode Island’s ongoing MTBE litigation total more than $18.8 million PROVIDENCE, RI – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that his office has resolved Rhode Island’s lawsuit against three of the nation’s largest refiners of gasoline. The State’s case, filed in September 2016, alleged that […]Read More
McKee also signs into law two legislative acts, helping Rhode Island streamline its housing permitting and appealing processes, and officially establishing a statewide Department of Housing WARWICK, RI – Governor Dan McKee, joined Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, Rhode Island Secretary of Housing Josh Saal, and additional state leaders […]Read More
New jobs, new routes, more flights and more visitors for Rhode Island WARWICK, RI – Governor Dan McKee was joined today by Breeze Airways President Tom Doxey along with federal, state and local officials, to announce that Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) will become a base of operations for Breeze Airways in 2023. The […]Read More
LOS ANGELES — Singer Olivia Newton-John, who gained worldwide fame as the high school sweetheart Sandy in the hit movie “Grease,” died Monday after a 30-year battle with cancer. She was 73. Newton-John “passed away peacefully at her ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends,” said a statement from her husband John […]Read More