Providence, RI- Today, Brett Smiley, candidate for Mayor of Providence released his first campaign ad and the first television ad in the Providence mayoral race. In the :30-second spot Smiley calls for a city where every student goes to a top-notch school and the streets feel safe in every neighborhood. A nod to Smiley’s […]Read More
BURRILLVILLE, RI – Governor Dan McKee, Pascoag Utility District (PUD) and the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER) today announced the official opening of Rhode Island’s first utility scale battery storage facility. The PUD had this battery storage system installed to provide increased reliability for its 5,000 customers during peak electricity demand days. “I am […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to ensure safe, clean, lead-free drinking water, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today joined Providence Water and Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank to highlight a new $3.3 million earmark the Senators secured for lead pipe replacement and additional safe drinking water funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The event […]Read More
Gov. Dan McKee is leading the way for Rhode Island to make its biggest investment in affordable housing in state history. Gov. McKee signed legislation that will invest $250 million toward affordable housing for low-income Rhode Islanders. The investment will create new housing across all income levels, stabilize households at risk of displacement or homelessness and […]Read More
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
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
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
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