How can Rhode Island’s new governor, Daniel J. McKee, most help the state’s business community this year?

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DELIVERY MAN: Lt. Gov. Daniel J. McKee meets with Kim Fortier, co-owner of Me Too Preschool in Woonsocket, as part of his effort to get businesses to apply for the Restore RI grant programs. He is also delivering face masks. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
THEN-LT. GOV. Daniel J. McKee meets with Kim Fortier, co-owner of Me Too Preschool in Woonsocket in November, as part of an effort to get businesses to apply for the Restore RI grant programs. He also delivered donated face masks for employees and customers. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Gov. Daniel J. McKee begins his 22-month term as governor sorting through a host of priorities, starting with the state’s ongoing distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

The former Cumberland mayor and six-year lieutenant governor has made his name in Rhode Island politics as a champion of local businesses.

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For many of them still struggling through the pandemic, his elevation to the state’s highest elected office following the resignation of new U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo couldn’t come at a better time.

But what is the most important thing he can do to help them this year?

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How can Rhode Island’s new governor, Daniel J. McKee, most help the state’s business community this year?

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