Brings total new shelter beds under the McKee Administration to more than 350, increasing statewide shelter capacity to more than 1,000 beds PROVIDENCE, RI – The McKee Administration today announced it has awarded $1.4 million to fund an additional 77 new emergency shelter beds. This round of funding is in addition to $4.1 million distributed over […]Read More
Under Rhode Island law, significant healthcare transactions require this Office’s approval before they may proceed. Specifically, under the state’s Hospital Conversions Act, transfers of 20% or more of ownership, assets, membership interest, authority or control of a hospital require approval by the Attorney General. The proposed sale of Roger Williams and Fatima Hospitals announced today will […]Read More
PAWTUCKET – The City of Pawtucket announced today that several sites will be available as warming centers to help cope with the cold weather Rhode Island is experiencing. The following local buildings will be open to the public during the times listed below: The Pawtucket Police Department Headquarters lobby at 121 Roosevelt Avenue is available […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee, Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green and the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) today announced RIDE has funded 19 providers to deliver high quality Adult Education programming, representing a nearly $7 million in total annual investment of state and federal funds for Fiscal Year 2023. “With the workforce and its requirements rapidly […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today issued the following statement wishing Rhode Islanders a Happy Thanksgiving: “This Thanksgiving, Rhode Islanders across our 39 cities and towns will come together and celebrate with family, friends, and loved ones to share all they have to be thankful for. “As we count our blessings this Thanksgiving, let us […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee is inviting Rhode Islanders to join him and his family for the annual State House Holiday Celebration and Tree Lighting. The festivities will take place on Wednesday, November 30 at 5 p.m. Governor McKee and the First Family will light the Christmas tree at approximately 6:15 p.m. “The holiday season […]Read More
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after at least five people were killed and 18 others injured in a mass-shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement: “It’s hard to articulate the collective grief and anger we feel in the wake of another mass-shooting. “Innocent lives were taken […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a New York man has been found guilty in Providence County Superior Court of the 2020 murder of 54-year-old Cheryl Smith in Pawtucket on New Year’s Day. On November 15, 2022, following the conclusion of an eight-day jury trial before Superior Court Justice Kristen […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Providence man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve six years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to trafficking fentanyl and illegally possessing a handgun equipped with a large capacity magazine following his arrest by the Providence Police Department […]Read More
An indictment, information, or complaint is merely an allegation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that an Indiana man has been arraigned in Washington County Superior Court following his indictment by a grand jury charging him with sexually assaulting two female victims […]Read More
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