Tag: Washington Bridge
To lease or not to lease. That is the question as...
Put the moving trucks on notice.
Gov. Daniel J. McKee has a plan to save the state money on office leases and building repairs by...
Overnight lane closures start on Washington Bridge to install weight monitors
The R.I. Department of Transportation plans to start overnight closures of two lanes on the eastbound Washington Bridge on Tuesday to install electrical cables...
Alviti defends RIDOT, dismisses concerns over undisbursed federal funds for Washington...
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti Jr. on Thursday dismissed anxieties over the undisbursed $220 million in federal funds that had...
Trump orders funding freeze during review of federal loans and grants
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting Tuesday as President Donald Trump's administration begins an across-the-board ideological review...
Five Questions With: Sam Sacco
Sam Sacco is a senior business and economics lecturer at Salve Regina University. Sacco’s students, in partnership with the Rhode Island Hospitality Association, recently...
McKee: Washington Bridge’s south span is safe
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Monday pushed back against what he said are “irresponsible” claims posted on social media and elsewhere asserting...
Study shows R.I. hospitality industry took $114M hit after Washington Bridge...
PROVIDENCE – A new joint report from the Rhode Island Hospitality Association and Salve Regina University econometrics students projects the state has taken a...
What should planned January legislative hearings on the Washington Bridge shutdown...
House and Senate Democratic leaders say they want to hold January oversight hearings on the Washington Bridge failure.
House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi told PBN...
FALLING SHORT: Projected $330M deficit has General Assembly prepping for belt-tightening
For Rhode Island legislators, what’s old is new again.
After three years of surpluses, state budget officials are now projecting that the government is facing...
Will more Washington Bridge hearings help?
December marked the one-year anniversary of the failure of the Washington Bridge, and General Assembly leaders are planning a January retrospective. Again.
House Speaker K....
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