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State Government Press Releases

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04/22/2026
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 North Smithfield JR SR High School Public Water System for a Categorical Exclusion determination for a proposed PFAS Treatment System.
04/21/2026
National Work Zone Awareness Week is April 20-24, 2026 Construction season is back and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT), the Rhode Island State Police, the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority, the Rhode Island Police Chiefs Association and their many...
04/18/2026
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising the public that a confirmed case of measles has been identified in Rhode Island. This was a case in a male from Providence County in his 40s who had recent international travel and returned to Rhode Island on April 13. He went to Atmed...
04/17/2026
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore today released the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island's ruling in United States vs. Amore, a civil suit instigated by the United States Department of Justice following Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore's...
04/17/2026
Effective Friday night, April 24, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is scheduled to return the existing traffic pattern to its original configuration by shifting travel lanes to the right on Route 37 East and West at the Oaklawn Avenue Bridge in Cranston. As part of this...
04/17/2026
Beginning, Friday night, May 1, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is scheduled to begin a temporary weekend closure of Newell Bridge in Cumberland to replace the remaining portion of the bridge and to do final paving. The bridge carries Diamond Hill Road (Route 114) over the...
04/15/2026
Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is seeking public comment on the 2026 Veolia Water Wakefield Clean Water Infrastructure Replacement Plan update. Veolia Water Wakefield has developed an update to its Clean Water Infrastructure Replacement Plan (CWIRP). This updated CWIRP is being...
04/15/2026
Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is seeking public comment on the 2026 Veolia Water Wakefield Clean Water Infrastructure Replacement Plan update. Veolia Water Wakefield has developed an update to its Clean Water Infrastructure Replacement Plan (CWIRP). This updated CWIRP is being...
04/15/2026
As part of its ongoing project to replace the South County Trail Bridge (Route 2 over Route 4) in East Greenwich, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has scheduled overnight closures of a section of Route 4 for steel beam placement. The temporary closures are scheduled...
04/15/2026
A senior at Classical High School, Astrid Jhonnieli Santos Adames, was named the Rhode Island 2026 champion of the state's Poetry Out Loud Recitation Competition on March 7 at the Greenwich Odeum. She won her stand-out recitation with the following poems: Aunt Sue's Stories, Langston Hughes;...