Rhode Island

Six organizations in community, worksite, and educational settings throughout Rhode Island were honored by Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri at a State House ceremony today for their creative approaches to wellness programs designed to promote healthy behaviors.    » read more »

General Assembly Blocked Measure at this Years’ Regular Session; FBI Investigating Incident as Part of Operation Dollar Bill

Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri today called on the General Assembly to approve during Tuesday’s special legislative session a tax incentive that was recommended by state economic development officials for A. Duie Pyle, a Pennsylvania trucking company that is currently building a new distribution facility in Johnston.    » read more »

2007-10-24 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch issued the following statement concerning today's decision by the US Coast Guard that finds much of the proposed route LNG tankers would traverse to an LNG terminal at Weaver's Cove unsafe for transit:    » read more »

Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri today praised a decision by the U.S. Coast Guard to recommend against a proposal by Weaver’s Cove to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) through portions of Narragansett Bay to its proposed new marine terminal in Fall River. The Coast Guard determined that the waterways in Rhode Island and Massachusetts are not suitable for the transit of LNG vessels.

The Coast Guard ruling follows a similar decision in August by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.    » read more »

Governor Comments on Indictments against Southern Union

Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri today issued the following statement regarding the recently announced indictments against Southern Union, calling on the company to begin the long-stalled cleanup of pollution in Tiverton.    » read more »

Roberts presents framework for comprehensive health care reform; calls on Rhode Islanders to join her in setting a bold, aggressive, proactive health care agenda

PROVIDENCE — Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts today announced her pledge that starting in the 2008 legislative session and continuing through the end of her term, she will aggressively pursue an agenda to ensure all Rhode Islanders have access to the highest quality health care at a cost they can afford.    » read more »

2007-10-02 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch hailed National Grid's announcement today that it has dropped its appeal of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decision not to approve the company's plan to expand its LNG storage facility, located at Fields Point in Providence, into a full-scale marine terminal that would have been capable of receiving 50 large LNG tanker deliveries per year.    » read more »

PROVIDENCE— Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts issued a statement today regarding the passage of the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and the promised veto by President Bush. The measure that would increase federal funding for the program by $35 billion over the next five years passed the House 265-159 and the Senate 67-29.    » read more »

9/26/2007 -- The Clinton Campaign today announced the endorsements of Rhode Island Treasurer Frank T. Caprio and his brother, State Rep. David Caprio.

"Senator Clinton offers the strength and experience to lead America at a time when we face great uncertainties at home and abroad," Treasurer Caprio said.

"We need a leader who can hit the ground running on her first day in the White House, and that leader is Hillary Clinton," Rep. Caprio said.    » read more »

2007-09-26 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch caucused with members of the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee for a discussion on federal crime policy this morning, Wednesday, September 26th, in the Mansfield Room of the United States Capitol.    » read more »

2007-09-26 -- Washington, DC - Democratic Senators and local officials held a press conference Wednesday to discuss how the President's law-enforcement priorities are out of touch with the needs of the American people. Cuts in funding for important law enforcement initiatives such as the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant program have led to increased crime throughout the country, and this week's FBI crime report further highlights this trend. Democrats called on the President to invest in America's priorities.    » read more »

Rhode Island General Treasurer signs on to effort by investors, state officials, and environmental groups to require companies to disclose operational and financial risks arising from global climate changes

(PROVIDENCE, 9/25/07) Rhode Island General Treasurer Frank Caprio has signed on to a national effort by a coalition of investors, state officials and environmental groups petitioning the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require publicly traded companies to assess and disclose the risks they face from global climate change.    » read more »

Rhode Island Governor Carcieri announced today that Rhode Island has been awarded a $8.25 million dollar three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Access to Recovery program to expand access to drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services, as a result of an application filed June 7.    » read more »

State Applied for Federal Money in August

Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri today hailed the federal Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) approval of the state's application for $5,732,027 to fund the expansion of Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Exeter.

According to the VA and the Rhode Island Department of Human Services (DHS), which operates the cemetery, the grant will pay for the development of an additional burial section, including 2,300 full-casket burial sites, 600 in-ground cremation sites and 624 columbarium niches for cremation remains.    » read more »

Sept. 10, 2007 -- Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri today announced that Jane Hayward, Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), will retire from state service on October 5, 2007. Hayward, a resident of Narragansett, first joined state government in 1973.    » read more »