PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee released the following statement on today's jobs report, which shows that Rhode Island is maintaining a strong unemployment rate of 2.7 percent – tied with last month, and April and May of 1988 for the lowest rate on record:
"Rhode Island's economic momentum...
WARWICK, RI – Continuing his #RIMomentum Tour at the Pilgrim Senior Center in Warwick, Governor Dan McKee was joined by Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, other elected leaders and advocates to highlight recently passed legislative and budget initiatives that support...
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...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Continuing his #RIMomentum Tour, Governor Dan McKee and members of the State's Congressional delegation joined the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) today to unveil Rhode Island's first electric bus fleet.
RIPTA has received the first of 14 New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE...
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.
PAWTUCKET, RI – Governor Dan McKee and the Office of Energy Resources (OER) announced today a proposal to use $3.8 million in funding from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) fund to provide direct rate relief to low-income Rhode Island residents who are most at risk of not being able to...
WARWICK, RI – Governor Dan McKee, joined Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, Rhode Island Secretary of Housing Josh Saal, and additional state leaders at the Meadowbrook Terrace housing community in Warwick, today to celebrated the state's historic...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today has issued a statewide drought advisory, based on the recommendation of federal, state and local experts that make up the state's Drought Steering Committee. The Water Resources Board convenes the Drought Steering Committee when numerous water conditions...
CRANSTON, RI - The Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee recently met to allocate the State Fiscal Year 2023 (SFY23) opioid settlement funds. This allocation of $20 million has been approved by Rhode Island Executive Office of Health & Human Services' (EOHHS's) Acting Secretary Ana Novais....
WARWICK, RI – Governor Dan McKee was joined today by Breeze Airways President Tom Doxey along with federal, state and local officials, to announce that Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) will become a base of operations for Breeze Airways in 2023. The announcement will result in...
