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Rhode Island lawmakers overwhelmingly approved spending $119 million in federal pandemic relief money Tuesday when they returned to the State House to start the new legislative session. Rhode Island got more than $1.1 billion in American Rescue Plan funds, but has yet to spend any of it.
The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE — The effort to make reductions of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions mandatory in Rhode Island took a big step forward Tuesday with Senate approval of the Act on Climate bill. The landmark legislation that environmental groups, public-health experts and citizen advocates say is necessary for the state to do more to fight climate change won passage in a 33-to-4 vote. "Climate change is real, and its impacts will continue to be devastating if we don’t take action. This is without question our battle and our responsibility,” said Sen. Dawn Eue...
RHODE ISLAND â The Senate has confirmed now former Gov. Gina Raimondo to serve as the next U.S. Commerce Secretary. The Tuesday vote, which passed with bipartisan support, came more than seven weeks after President Joe Biden first tapped Raimondo to serve in his cabinet. In the hours that followed her confirmation, Raimondo would officially resign her governorship and pave the way for Lt. Gov. Dan McKee to take the reins. âServing as governor these past six years has been the honor of my lifetime,â Raimondo wrote in her official letter of resignation to McKee. âTogethe...
Dan McKee Sworn In As New Rhode Island Governor - Cranston, RI - McKee, the former lieutenant governor, is the state's 76th governor.
Governor Dan McKee was sworn in as the 76th Governor of Rhode Island this evening in a private ceremony at the State House.