Tag: Gov. Daniel J. McKee
U.S. Labor Secretary Walsh hears about R.I.’s workforce issues during tour
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh toured Rhode Island with state leaders on Monday to learn about the state's workforce challenges and needs...
State leaders must get on same page on ARPA spending
Rhode Island officials have not gotten off to a good start in engendering confidence that they can be counted on to make the best...
McKee planning additional supplemental ARPA budget proposal for January
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee said Tuesday that his office intends to file an additional supplemental budget in January with the R.I. General...
Tourism desperate to get ARPA aid
A proposed $13 million investment in Rhode Island’s travel, tourism and events sectors would come as a well-timed boost, according to tourism leaders, but...
McKee: COVID-19 vaccines for kids under 12 coming to R.I. within...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and the R.I. Department of Health are outlining plans to vaccinate 80,000 children between 5 and 11 years...
Helena B. Foulkes announces run for governor
PROVIDENCE - Former CVS Health Corp. executive Helena B. Foulkes, a Democrat, has announced her candidacy in Rhode Island's 2022 gubernatorial election.
In a video...
PBN survey: Rebound under way, but repercussions from pandemic not making...
Rhode Island businesses are climbing out of the crater caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but many are finding that the lingering fallout is dampening...
McKee announces contact tracing pilot for R.I. students, pumps childhood vaccines
WARWICK – As Rhode Island waits on the availability of COVID-19 vaccinations for children under 12 years old, which may come “in a matter...
McKee, GA leaders to discuss his call for $100M in pandemic...
EAST GREENWICH - Gov. Daniel J. McKee says he will be meeting with House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi and Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio...
McKee signs safe-injection-site bill, other health care initiatives
PROVIDENCE - A first-of-its-kind program that would offer safe, supervised places to use illegal substances to offer safe injection sites was among a series...
