Tag: Gov. Daniel J. McKee
R.I. Department of Housing closes on Charlesgate purchase for $6.85M
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Housing announced Wednesday it closed on the purchase of the former Charlesgate Nursing Home for $6.85 million.
Located on...
REGENT Craft Inc. gets OK for $4M more in incentives from...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. board on Monday awarded REGENT Craft Inc. $4 million in combined financing and tax incentives in anticipation of...
Salve poll: McKee approval still underwater; Harris leads Trump
NEWPORT – A new poll released Monday by Salve Regina University’s Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy shows poor but improving approval...
‘All hands on deck’ to keep Hasbro headquarters in R.I.
PAWTUCKET – In the wake of the revelation that Hasbro Inc. is again considering moving its headquarters out of Rhode Island, state and local...
Grants, not loans, coming to aid businesses hurt by Washington Bridge...
In areas hardest hit by the Washington Bridge closure, many business owners have implored officials that it’s going to take more than a loan...
R.I. set to release expanded list of tax delinquents
PROVIDENCE – If an allegiance to a sense of civic duty isn’t enough, Rhode Island businesses and residents who owe more than $50,000 in...
Demolition of Washington Bridge to begin Sept. 8
PROVIDENCE – Demolition of the Washington Bridge will begin Sept. 8, the R.I. Department of Transportation announced Friday.
Bridge and beam demolition will force evening...
R.I. gets $1.5M to remove sunken barge in Providence River
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management is getting $1.5 million to remove a 113-foot-long sunken barge from the Providence River and salvage...
R.I. Commerce launches Minority Business Accelerator Direct Grant Program
PROVIDENCE – Beginning Sept. 4, applications will be accepted for the state’s Minority Business Accelerator Direct Grant Program that will funnel $2 million of...
State sues 13 companies over Washington Bridge
PROVIDENCE – The state filed a lawsuit Friday against 13 companies that have provided design, construction and inspection services for the Washington Bridge, which...


















