Gov. Gina M. Raimondo says the economic-development initiatives she helped develop through R.I. Commerce Corp. over the past six years have been so successful, she thinks they’ll serve as a blueprint for a national plan.
For Rhode Islanders, the question as Raimondo awaits confirmation as the nation’s next United States secretary for commerce is whether the agency she’s leaving behind is set up to help the state rebound from the economic ravages of the pandemic.
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Lt. Gov. Daniel J. McKee, the incoming governor, told Providence Business News he supports the agency’s pre-pandemic efforts to help existing larger employers and attract new ones to the state. But he added that he’d like to see small businesses get more attention and support from R.I. Commerce than they have in recent years.
McKee expects Stefan Pryor, the state’s secretary of commerce, to stay in the job for at least the beginning of his administration, but added Pryor “is going to keep his options open” regarding his long-term future.
