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Mayor Pleased to Announce $50K Site Readiness Grant From RI Commerce Corporation
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Mayor Pleased to Announce $50K Site Readiness Grant From RI

LPR News May 25, 2022

WOONSOCKET, R.I.: Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt today announced that the City of Woonsocket has received a $50K Site Readiness Grant from the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation for façade improvements to the Commercial Block Building on Main Street. Site Readiness Grants are competitive, site-specific awards to advance important economic development projects in a community. The Commercial Block […]Read More

Governor McKee Signs Legislation Legalizing and Safely Regulating Recreational Cannabis in Rhode Island
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Governor McKee Signs Legislation Legalizing and Safely Regulating Recreational Cannabis

LPR News May 25, 2022

PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today signed into law the Rhode Island Cannabis Act, legalizing and safely regulating recreational adult-use cannabis in the state. The Act includes automatic expungement of prior civil or criminal marijuana possession charges, a key provision in the Governor’s original cannabis proposal to the General Assembly. Governor McKee was joined for […]Read More

Cicilline Calls on Congress to Act Together to Lower Gas Prices
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Cicilline Calls on Congress to Act Together to Lower Gas

LPR News May 20, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC – Before voting this morning to pass the Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act, Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Chair of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, spoke on the House floor urging all of his colleagues to put aside political expediency and vote together to lower prices at the pump. Congressman Cicilline […]Read More

City Council Approves $124 million in Federal Stimulus Funds and Separately Passes $5.5 million in Neighborhood Grants
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City Council Approves $124 million in Federal Stimulus Funds and

LPR News May 19, 2022

ARPA Ordinance Providence, RI – At tonight’s Providence City Council meeting, councilors overwhelmingly approved $124 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds that will directly impact city residents and build long-term investments in Providence’s neighborhoods. The allocated funding includes substantial investments in housing, parks and recreation centers, tourism, travel, hospitality, water/sewer infrastructure improvements, and economic […]Read More

Governor McKee, EOHHS Secretary, Education Commissioner, Adjutant General, BHDDH Director, Veterans Services Director to Observe Rhode Island’s Second Annual ‘Mental Health Action Day’
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Governor McKee, EOHHS Secretary, Education Commissioner, Adjutant General, BHDDH Director,

LPR News May 19, 2022

PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee will host a Facebook Live event Friday, May 20, 2022 at 10:00 AM in observance of Rhode Island’s second ‘Mental Health Action Day’ as part of a coalition of more than 1,400 nonprofits, government agencies and community leaders. Facebook.com/GovDanMcKee Over the past two decades, suicide rates have risen, particularly […]Read More

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