Tag: Gov. Daniel J. McKee
Should Gov. Daniel J. McKee allow some exemptions to a COVID-19...
The Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care is projecting hundreds of resignations from home care nurses, allied health professionals, social workers, physical therapists, occupational...
McKee touts high vaccination rate at URI, calls on employers to...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – With more than 17,000 students arriving on campus this September and a roughly 95% COVID-19 vaccination rate, Gov. Daniel J. McKee...
Bond deadline puts pressure on RIDOT bus hub plan as opponents...
PROVIDENCE – The clock is ticking in earnest on efforts to revitalize a languishing downtown public transit system, with a Nov. 4 deadline to...
R.I. Commerce hires 2 consulting firms to advise on small-business credit...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. at its board meeting on Thursday approved the hiring of two consulting firms to advise on the implementation...
McKee expects nothing criminal to come of Silva investigation
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee said he doesn't believe anything of a criminal nature will come out of the R.I. Attorney General's investigation...
Tropical Storm Henri has potential to be R.I.’s first direct-landfall hurricane...
PROVIDENCE – Tropical Storm Henri is forecast to arrive in Rhode Island this weekend, bringing powerful winds, dangerous storm surge inundation, flooding and potential...
Get armed in COVID fight
(Editor’s note: A version of this editorial was published on PBN.com on Aug. 18.)
For more than a year, a fit, college-educated, 51-year-old relative successfully...
Ocean State event organizers navigating uncharted waters
NEWPORT – Rhode Island's event organizers have been under duress as they make plans while navigating the shifting sands of a changing COVID-19 pandemic,...
McKee mandates masks in all Rhode Island school districts
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee issued an executive order mandating all school districts in the state to require students to wear masks in...
Any plan to fight COVID must start with vaccine
For more than a year, a fit, college-educated, 51-year-old relative successfully avoided getting COVID-19. He routinely wore masks and practiced social distancing around strangers...
