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RI Senate committee hears Act on Climate bill Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal © Daily News staff, incumbent Published Caption: State Sen. Dawn Euer will serve as chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture when the 2021 legislative session begins. [FILE PHOTO] [incumbent] Original Caption: State Sen. Dawn Euer will serve as chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture when the 2021 legislative session begins. [FILE PHOTO] PROVIDENCE — In 2014, Rhode Island became an early adopter of a plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions to help f...

GOP response to Raimondo: RI still desperately needs turnaround Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal © Patrick Anderson, Sandor Bodo, The Providence Jour Published Caption: Jessica de la Cruz, R-North Smithfield [Sandor Bodo, The Providence Journal] Original Caption: Jessica de la Cruz, R-North Smithfield PROVIDENCE — From her own view as a Rhode Island Republican, Sen. Jessica de la Cruz sees a state still in need of a much bigger turnaround than departing Gov. Gina Raimondo acknowledges. While Raimondo touted missions-accomplished on many fronts Wednesday ...

RI Governor Raimondo makes her case to become Biden's commerce secretary Katherine Gregg and Patrick Anderson, The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo appeared virtually before a U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday to pitch her qualifications for a promotion from Smith Hill to the political major leagues as President Joe Biden's commerce secretary. There was no immediate vote after the two-and-a-half-hour hearing that tested Democrat Raimondo's knowledge and, at times, forced her to defend her much-touted Rhode Island record. But Sen. Roger Wicke...

GOP group, Fox News focusing on Raimondo ahead of Cabinet hearing Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal © Brian Amaral, Kris Craig, The Providence Journ Published Caption: Raimondo [Kris Craig, The Providence Journal] Original Caption: Raimondo PROVIDENCE — The day after Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo surfaced as then President-elect Joe Biden's pick for commerce secretary, a representative of the "unofficial research arm of the Republican Party"  began poking into her ethics filings. On Wednesday, Jason Gramitt, executive director of the Rhode Island Ethics ...

This Just In: Raimondo's future; vaccines in Central Falls Michael McDermott, The Providence Journal © Patrick Anderson, Kris Craig, The Providence Journ Published Caption: Raimondo [Kris Craig, The Providence Journal] Original Caption: Raimondo Good afternoon and welcome to This Just In. I'm Mike McDermott, managing editor of The Providence Journal. Once again, we find ourselves transfixed by rumors about the future of Gov. Gina Raimondo, who is now said to be a candidate for commerce secretary in Joe Biden's Cabinet. Earlier this month Raimondo squelched reports ...