PROVIDENCE, R.I. - As New England residents begin to thaw out from a particularly brutal winter plagued by frequent snow storms and bone-chilling temperatures, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo and First Gentleman Andy Moffit are partnering with the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - As the harsh winter draws to a close, Rhode Island's First Gentleman Andy Moffit will join with Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau President & CEO Martha Sheridan and Rhode Island Hospitality Association President & CEO Dale Venturini to announce the...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Governor Gina M. Raimondo today highlighted the details of her proposed School Building Authority, which will put people back to work modernizing Rhode Island schools so that our students are learning in safe, clean, warm, and dry facilities.
"We need to put people back to...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Governor Gina M. Raimondo today released the following statement on the announcement of the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate.
"The decrease in the unemployment rate is encouraging, but we were down 2,700 jobs between January and February. This report underscores...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Governor Gina M. Raimondo, House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello, and Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed recently appointed the first-ever members of the Rhode Island Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council Advisory Board.
The members include:
• Barbara Cardiff (...
PROVIDENCE, RI - Governor Gina Raimondo and General Treasurer Seth Magaziner today outlined their plan for the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank (RIIB), an initiative that will put Rhode Islanders back to work, improve energy efficiency and make the state more economically competitive. The proposal...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Governor Gina M. Raimondo today announced her intent to nominate Merrill W. Sherman as Chair of the Rhode Island Clean Water Finance Agency. Raimondo will submit her name for consideration to the Rhode Island State Senate for confirmation.
"My top priority is moving our...
"We must reinvigorate Rhode Island and state government with fresh ideas and new ways of doing things, so that we can enhance accountability and get better results for our citizens."
- Governor Gina M. Raimondo
With the state facing structural deficits, Rhode Island must transform state and...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Governor Gina M. Raimondo's Fiscal Year 2016 budget is a forward-looking, balanced budget proposal rooted in the belief that every hardworking person deserves the chance to make it in Rhode Island. Her budget offers significant investments in growth and has no broad-based tax...
"Helping students build the skills they need to succeed in a 21st century economy is one of the best investments we can make. It's investing directly in people to give them a ladder of opportunity, and it's also an economic driver for our state. My jobs budget will invest in each rung of the...
