# RI.gov: Rhode Island Government


State Government Press Releases

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10/27/2025
Beginning Friday night, November 7 at 8 p.m. the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will close one of the two lanes on Route 146 South at the Route 146A interchange in North Smithfield, located approximately one mile south of the Route 104 (Greenville Avenue) exit. It will be closed...
10/27/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are recommending people avoid contact with Upper Melville Pond (aka Thurston Gray Pond) in Portsmouth due to a confirmed cyanobacteria bloom. Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae,...
10/24/2025
As part of its ongoing construction of a mini-roundabout at the intersection of Brown Street, Boston Neck Road (Route 1A) and Phillips Street in the village of Wickford in North Kingstown, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) may temporarily restrict travel to one lane of...
10/24/2025
As part of its ongoing project to resurface numerous roads in the East Bay area of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is changing the traffic pattern on a section of Willett Avenue in East Providence and Barrington. The changes include a road diet, reducing the...
10/23/2025
Starting Sunday night, October 26, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will resume nighttime closures on short sections of I-95 and I-295 in both directions for continued reconstruction of bridges that span these highways along East Avenue in Warwick. The bridge over I-95 is...
10/22/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) have lifted the advisory recommendation for recreational activities at JL Curran Reservoir in Cranston, Smith and Sayles Reservoir in Glocester, and Wilson Reservoir in Burrillville. The...
10/22/2025
On the weekends of November 7-10 and November 14-17, the Rhode Island Department Transportation (RIDOT) will close two lanes in both directions of I-95 for the decommissioning of a bridge over an inactive rail line between Cadillac Drive and the Roger Williams Park Zoo property in Providence. ...
10/20/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that M.C.I. Foods, Inc., is recalling more than 90,000 pounds of specific lots of ready-to eat breakfast burrito and wrap products containing egg that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm). The individually wrapped...
10/20/2025
Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is seeking public comment on intent to issue a Categorical Exclusion. RIDOH has reviewed for approval the request by the Providence Water Supply Board for a Categorical Exclusion determination for the proposed "Lower South Providence (North) Water Main...
10/20/2025
Governor Dan McKee was joined Friday by representatives of the 195 District and numerous dignitaries to mark the completion of the 150 Richmond building with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting. The 212,000-square-foot life sciences development is anchored by the new Rhode Island Department of Health...