Tag: Gov. Daniel J. McKee
Smiley leads Providence mayoral race in second-quarter fundraising
PROVIDENCE – Providence mayoral candidate Brett Smiley continues to outpace his two primary opponents when it comes to fundraising, adding $305,975 to his war...
McKee urges state regulators to offset proposed cost hikes to winter...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee is the latest state official to sound the alarm over skyrocketing winter electric rates.
In a letter shared publicly...
Costs, timeline for Pawtucket soccer stadium project still uncertain
PAWTUCKET – Key questions around the timing and total cost of the Pawtucket soccer stadium project remain unanswered.
And those answers won’t be coming for...
Reworked Tidewater financing plan narrowly approved, with McKee as tiebreaker
PROVIDENCE – After a split vote Monday sent the reworked financing plan for Pawtucket's soccer stadium project into sudden death, Gov. Daniel J. McKee...
R.I. unemployment rate dips to record low 2.7%
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s economic recovery continued in June with the monthly unemployment rate dropping two-tenths of a percentage point from May to 2.7%,...
Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘very mild symptoms’
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and is experiencing "very mild symptoms," underscoring the persistence of the highly...
McKee adviser arrested in Vermont on felony charges
PROVIDENCE – A senior adviser to Gov. Daniel J. McKee is facing felony unlawful trespass and unlawful mischief charges in Vermont following his arrest...
McKee signs offshore wind procurement bill into law
PROVIDENCE – Plans to add enough wind power to supply nearly a third of the state’s electricity needs are moving forward with a new...
R.I. Energy Commissioner Ucci to step down July 23
PROVIDENCE - Another state cabinet member is stepping down, after 2 1/2 years on the job.
R.I. Energy Commissioner Nicholas S. Ucci will be leaving...
McKee signs driving privileges for undocumented residents into law
CRANSTON – Gov. Daniel J. McKee Thursday signed into law legislation that gives undocumented Rhode Islanders driving privileges.
The bill, which cleared the Senate on...
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