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In Preparation for Travel Ban, RIPTA to Suspend All Service,

Travel ban will be in effect beginning at 8am Providence, Rhode Island, January 28, 2022 — In anticipation of blizzard conditions, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will suspend all service effective tomorrow, Saturday, January 29, 2022, in conjunction with the vehicular travel ban instituted by Governor McKee.  Service will be reinstated as soon as conditions […]Read More

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Lane Shift Planned for Route 5 at Pontiac Bridge in

Starting on Monday, February 7, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will shift travel lanes on Route 5 (Greenwich Avenue) near Knight Street in Warwick for reconstruction of the Pontiac Bridge over the Pawtuxet River. The Department also will reduce travel lanes from two lanes to one for both directions of Route 5 at […]Read More

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Governor McKee Announces 500,000 Additional COVID-19 At-Home Rapid Tests to

New tests announced brings State’s total to 1 million tests distributed in nearly one month PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today announced that Rhode Island has received and will distribute an additional 500,000 COVID-19 at-home rapid tests, bringing the total tests distributed to 1 million in just over a month. “Our whole of government COVID […]Read More

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Whitehouse Statement on Breyer Retirement

Newport, RI – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, released the following statement on the planned retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer: “I thank Justice Breyer for his dedication to the law and service to the American people, and wish him well […]Read More