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Governor McKee, First Lady Announce New Municipal Beautification Mini Grant

Grant is aimed at supporting city and town projects; applications now open PROVIDENCE, RI — Today, Governor Dan McKee, First Lady Susan McKee, and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced that applications are now open for the McKee administration’s new Municipal Beautification Mini Grant program, a funding opportunity through the Litter-Free Rhode […]Read More

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New Health Plan Announced for Rhode Islanders Dually Enrolled in

INTEGRITY for Duals, launching January 1, 2026, offers expanded and streamlined access to care for Rhode Islanders Cranston, Rhode Island – The Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island (Neighborhood) are announcing a new health plan for Rhode Islanders who are enrolled in both Medicare and […]Read More

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RIDOT TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE ROUTE 4 OVERNIGHT NEAR THE FRENCHTOWN

Starting Sunday night, September 21, and lasting for four consecutive nights, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close a section of Route 4 near the Frenchtown Road (Route 402) overpass in East Greenwich. The closures are necessary for the demolition of a portion of the structurally deficient Frenchtown Road Bridge, which RIDOT […]Read More

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Mayor Brett Smiley and Governor Dan McKee Celebrate Groundbreaking at

Renovations at Davey Lopes Recreation Center will modernize facilities, improve safety and expand programming for youth and families    Providence, RI — Mayor Brett P. Smiley was joined by Governor Dan McKee, Councilwoman Mary Kay Harris and Davey Lopes Recreation Center Director Anthony Lindsey to celebrate the groundbreaking of the $8.7 million renovation project to […]Read More

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Actor Robert Redford died at 89

Charles Robert Redford Jr. (August 18, 1936 – September 16, 2025) was an American actor, producer and director.  He received numerous accolades such as an Academy Award, a BAFTA, Award and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1994, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1996, the Academy Honorary Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2005, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in […]Read More

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Precautionary Boil Water Notice Lifted for Richmond and Hopkinton Water

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) notified the Town of Richmond Water System and the Town of Hopkinton Water System that the precautionary boil water notice issued to its consumers can be lifted. A precautionary boil water notice was issued on September 8th because of an inadequate sanitary seal on the Kingstown Road storage […]Read More

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Nautilus Solar and Veolia unveil a groundbreaking solar program for

Providence, R.I. – Two New England leaders in the development of sustainable energy solutions – Veolia and Nautilus Solar Energy (Nautilus) – today unveiled a 6.5 megawatt (MW) solar installation in Exeter, Rhode Island, named: “Exeter Mail.” The installation is one of three that supplies renewable energy to the Rhode Island electric grid, in exchange […]Read More

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Magaziner Introduces Legislation to Reunite Americans with Lost Retirement Benefits

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner (RI-02) and Ron Estes (KS-04), both former state treasurers, introduced the bipartisan Unclaimed Retirement Rescue Plan, bipartisan legislation to reunite Americans with lost retirement benefits they rightfully earned.   A 2019 Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Council report estimated that over a billion dollars of retirement savings are stranded in old, inactive […]Read More