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State Government Press Releases

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09/16/2024
Providence, RI – The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) will be hosting meetings throughout the state this fall to hear from the public ideas for streamlining and simplifying its arts and culture grant applications and processes. The meetings will examine the following RISCA grant...
09/13/2024
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that starting tonight, it is conducting its fourth rapid bridge installation this summer with the replacement of the I-95 southbound bridge over Elmwood Avenue in Providence. The bridge will be completely replaced over...
09/12/2024
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) recommend lifting the advisory for recreational activities at Boone Lake in Exeter. The advisory was related to high levels of blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria. Recent...
09/11/2024
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are announcing: --The state's first human case, in 2024, of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus in a person from Providence County and in their 70s; --The state's second probable human...
09/11/2024
The Town-owned Central Pike Bridge in Foster (locally known as the Swamp Meadow Covered Bridge) is scheduled to close for replacement on Monday, September 16 for approximately four months. The low volume bridge, carrying approximately 180 vehicles per day, was built in 1953 and carries Central...
09/11/2024
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are advising people to avoid contact with JL Curran Reservoir in Cranston due to a blue-green algae (or cyanobacteria) bloom in the pond. Blue-green algae can produce toxins that can...
09/09/2024
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore and the RI Department of State Elections Division are today issuing final reminders for eligible voters who wish to participate in the primary elections taking place tomorrow, September 10, 2024. Early voting continues today through 4 p.m....
09/06/2024
Starting Sunday night, September 8, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will begin bridge deck and beam demolition of the old Washington Bridge, necessitating overnight closures of Gano Street in Providence, where it passes under I-195. Demolition also will begin next week on the...
09/06/2024
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that on the weekends of September 13-16 and September 20-23, it will close two lanes on I-95 South near the Elmwood Avenue/Route 1 off-ramp (Exit 34) in Providence for the rapid replacement of the Elmwood Avenue Bridge....
09/05/2024
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore was today joined by Kathy Placencia, Director of Elections, RI Department of State; Miguel Nunez, Executive Director, Rhode Island Board of Elections; and Christopher Durand, Interim CEO, Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) to display a...