PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Today, Lt. Governor Daniel J. McKee announced his plans to resubmit the Utility Emergency Response Bill, legislation to improve the emergency preparedness and response of utility companies operating in Rhode Island.
Lt. Governor McKee, who serves as Chair of the Rhode...
WARWICK, RI -- Lt. Governor Dan McKee, Chair of Rhode Island's Long Term Care Coordinating Council, will host a meeting for local Alzheimer's researchers to identify and discuss access to federal funding opportunities on December 17, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. at the Warwick Central Library.
During the...
WARWICK, R.I. – This weekend, volunteers from across Rhode Island will assemble hundreds of care packages for Rhode Island service members and local veterans as part of the 16th Operation Holiday Cheer.
On Saturday, November 17th, volunteers will collect and sort donations from the public from...
WARWICK, R.I. – Today, Lt. Governor Dan McKee launched the 16th Annual Operation Holiday Cheer by announcing a new partnership with Operation Stand Down Rhode Island (OSDRI) that will allow the program to spread cheer to Rhode Island veterans for the first time.
Operation Holiday Cheer is a...
LINCOLN, RI – Lt. Governor Dan McKee joined with Lincoln Town Administrator Joseph Almond and Bernard Georges, Founder and CEO of New Bridges for Haitian Success, to announce the donation of an ambulance and 10 sets of rescue gear to Belle-Anse, a Haitian community without a hospital or emergency...
PROVIDENCE, RI – In the wake of National Grid's rate increase that went into effect on October 1, Lt. Governor Dan McKee today reminded Rhode Islanders that they can currently avoid the entire increase by selecting an alternate energy supplier through the state's online platform Empower RI (www.ri....
Lt. Gov. McKee leads task force to shape RI's response to impending health epidemic & Senator Reed helps boost federal funding for research & cosponsors BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act
CRANSTON, RI – According to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
PROVIDENCE, RI- Governor Raimondo and Lieutenant Governor McKee are calling on National Grid to return to ratepayers $7.9 million of over-collections made after Congress passed a massive corporate tax cut. After Congress passed the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, National Grid's federal corporate tax...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Lt. Governor Dan McKee released the following statement today on reports indicating Education Secretary Betsy DeVos plans to allow federal funds to be used to arm teachers:
"The idea of using federal money to arm teachers is reprehensible. It ignores the reality that improved...
JOHNSTON, RI -- Lt. Governor Dan McKee, Chair of Rhode Island's Long Term Care Coordinating Council, teamed up with the Credit Unions of Rhode Island and Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena to launch the CU Senior Safeguard, an online educational program developed to fight the financial scams and fraud...
