For the state officials, it’s been one drama after another

Christopher Allen

08/14/2026

PAINFUL PINCH POINT: The Washington Bridge debacle has dogged state officials since half of the bridge was shut down in December 2023 because it was in danger of collapse.  PBN FILE PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Gov. Daniel J. McKee, a former lieutenant governor who became the state’s chief executive when two-term Gov. Gina M. Raimondo was tapped as U.S. commerce secretary, had one message after winning reelection in 2022: “We’re just getting started.” What started were the controversies. Though it wasn’t public at the time, two days after he took

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