PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today announced his appointment of current Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals (BHDDH) Director Richard Charest to serve as the next Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS). The Governor...
Providence, R.I.— With her original poem, Birdfolk at the End of the World, Classical High School junior Natasha B. Connolly won the 2023 companion competition to Poetry Out Loud, Poetry Ourselves.
Connolly traveled to Washington, D.C., on May 9 and May 10 to compete in the NEA's Poetry Out...
The week of May 15, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will implement traffic pattern changes and lane closures on city streets in Providence related to the ongoing $265 million Providence Viaduct Northbound Project. The changes will affect sections of Smith Street and Park...
PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that its Division of Fish and Wildlife will hold a public hearing on proposed regulations relating to the 2023-24 and 2024-25 hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits and 2024-25 freshwater fishing and...
PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that its seasonal 24-hour telephone information line will open May 15 and remain open until Oct. 15. The Bay Line, 222-8888, is toll-free within the state.
The Bay Line provides Rhode Islanders with a...
Stay in Your Lane; All Lanes Go Through
As part of the ongoing $78 million Washington Bridge project, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will make changes to the current lane split on I-195 West in East Providence, just prior to the bridge, on Friday night,...
WARREN, RI – On Wednesday, Governor Dan McKee, Warren Town Manager Kate Michaud, and Council President John Hanley signed the Learn365RI Municipal Compact.
"Our kids want to learn, parents want their kids to achieve, and we all want Rhode Island to be best in class when it comes to education,"...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that the Mung Bean Sprouts recall announced on May 8th has been expanded. Chang Farm is expanding their recall to include all Mung Bean Sprouts and Soy Bean Sprouts because of the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes (L....
PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that it will hold a virtual public listening session on May 18 to review the draft release of the "Rhode Island's Low-Emission and Zero-Emission Vehicle Programs" regulation, which Governor Dan McKee announced earlier...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee, state officials and environmental champion legislators announce that Rhode Island will join seven states, including Massachusetts, in adopting a policy aimed at reining in carbon pollution by slashing tailpipe emissions from cars, trucks, and SUVs.
With...
