PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today announced the launch of the new RI Statewide Down payment assistance grant, that aims to create more homeownership opportunities for first-time homebuyers. The program addresses significant financial barriers to homeownership amplified by rising housing...
EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – Joined by state and local leaders, Governor Dan McKee on Tuesday morning kicked off his #RIReady Budget Tour at Feast & Fettle, a small business in East Providence that has grown exponentially thanks in part to the Small Business Assistance Program operated through Rhode...
Expanded program enables victims of domestic violence, other crimes to protect their home address
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore today announced the launch of Rhode Island's Address Confidentiality Program, a mail-forwarding program designed to protect the home addresses of...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressmen David Cicilline and Seth Magaziner, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Region 1 Administrator Peter Butler, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Rhode Island...
PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is soliciting comments on studies detailing total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) developed for bacteria impairments of the Nonquit Pond tributaries in Tiverton and Little Compton – Borden Brook, Quaker Creek, and Tributary to Nonquit...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated the COVID-19 community levels for Rhode Island's counties. All five counties are now at the "medium" level. (Providence County had the "high" designation previously.)
Each week the CDC identifies the COVID-19 community level in...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Andrea Palagi, Communications Director to Governor Dan McKee, today issued the following statement:
"Today, Governor Dan McKee transmitted his FY24 budget proposal to the General Assembly. At his direction, the budget includes proposals to provide insurance coverage for abortion-
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today submitted his FY24 "RI Ready" budget to the General Assembly, putting forth key investments to ensure Rhode Island is ready to build on the state's momentum.
The Governor's budget proposal focuses on maintaining a trend of fiscal responsibility with no...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today named Marc Crisafulli as Chair of the I-195 Commission.
"Marc Crisafulli understands economic development and has been a leader in Rhode Island's business community for decades," said Governor McKee. "I'm pleased to appoint him Chair of the I-195...
PROVIDENCE, RI -- The Light Foundation is teaming up with the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) for their third annual mentored youth wild turkey hunt this spring. The two-day event, set for April 21-22, is free and open to youths 12 to 15, whether they are first-time or proficient...
