Tag: Daniel J. McKee
Connect with Commerce: Investments improving R.I. economy
(Editor’s note: This is the fifth in an occasional series focused on questions from Providence Business News readers for R.I. Commerce Corp. Secretary Elizabeth...
Are you satisfied with the direction of the state’s tourism efforts?
Rhode Island is searching for a new tourism leader after Anika Kimble-Huntley stepped down at the end of April for a job with Las...
CODAC celebrates opening of integrated health care center
PROVIDENCE –CODAC Behavioral Healthcare celebrated the opening of its new integrated health care center on Monday.
CODAC’s new headquarters is located on Royal Little Drive...
Diossa to present Rhode Island Investor Conference on May 30
PROVIDENCE – R.I. General Treasurer James A. Diossa is inviting bond investors to a one-day Rhode Island Investor Conference at the Omni Providence Hotel...
Senate allows McKee cabinet pay raises, marking split with House
Eleven members of Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s cabinet will see their salaries increase Sunday, after the R.I. Senate declined to stop the pay bumps...
8 R.I. affordable housing projects receive $3.5M in community block grants
PROVIDENCE – More than $3.5 million in community development block grants were awarded to various housing projects across Rhode Island in what state officials...
Stuck in transit: Is RIPTA’s long hunt for bus hub location...
In 2014, the R.I. Department of Transportation produced a video promising a state-of-the-art transit hub to replace the “overcrowded” Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence,...
For some local businesses, film productions are lights, camera… extra money
Sterling Cleaners Inc. in the working-class West End of Providence might feel like a world away from the glitz of Hollywood, but it’s closer...
Budget proposal would hike employers’ workers’ comp costs
To the Editor:
I write as an advocate for a healthy and stable workers’ compensation system in Rhode Island.
Article 2, Section 2 of Gov. Daniel...
7 affordable housing projects awarded $27.2M in tax credits
PROVIDENCE – Seven affordable housing projects across the state have been awarded $27.2 million in low-income housing tax credits.
The awards, the first ever from...