PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee and education commissioner Angélica Infante-Green announced a new partnership with Bradley Hospital to better support the mental health needs for students. Through the new cooperation, Bradley Hospital will help the department…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Governor McKee's campaign manager is leaving after just a few months on the job. Rob Silverstein joined the campaign in June,…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Today, Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee will ceremonially sign an extension on the state's paid family leave program. Family leave is…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent an August 13 letter to Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee asking…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Governor Dan McKee, Speaker of the House Joe Shekarchi, Senate President Valarie Lawson, and other members of the House and Senate gathered at the Rochambeau Library on Tuesday for the ceremonial signing of the Freedom to…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)-- Gov. Dan McKee will sign the Freedom to Read Act into law on Tuesday alongside Speaker of the House Joe Shekarchi, Senate President Valarie Lawson and the bill's sponsors in the House and Senate. The signing is…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- RIPTA's board of directors has delayed today's vote on proposed service cuts. The decision comes following a…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee sent a letter to the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Board of Directors Thursday suggesting the body adopt a new financial strategy. McKee urged RIPTA's board to establish a proposal that…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee signed the minimum wage raise into law. The bill to raise the wage was passed in…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- This morning, Governor Dan McKee will sign the minimum wage raise into law. The bill…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- New fundraising totals are giving some insight into what's expected to be a contentious Democratic primary next September in…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Gov. Dan McKee said that his team met with representatives from Rhode Island Energy to address their response to power outages caused by a storm on July 3. Our team met with RI Energy this morning…
WAKEFIELD, R.I. (WLNE) -- Monday morning, Governor Dan McKee signed the "Take it Outside" legislation right at the site of its…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Governor Dan McKee, flanked by lawmakers and gun safety advocates, plans to sign the assault weapons ban that made it through the General Assembly into law Thursday morning at 9:30. The bill would ban the sale…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee has announced that he will not sign or veto…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Legislation that would prohibit smoking in casinos now heads to Governor Dan McKee's desk. Rhode Island's Bally's Casinos had been exempt from regulations…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The bottle bill is back on the shelf, as both House Speaker Shekarchi and Senate President Lawson jointly…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The legislation to create a "Purple Alert" system has been signed into law by Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee. The law will help establish a system to quickly find missing adults with disabilities. The bill was…
BOSTON, Mass. (WLNE) -- Massachusetts governor Maura Healey and Rhode Island governor Dan McKee will be among a crowd of ten of their peers in Boston on Monday to discuss current affairs. Healey set up the meeting in May, when…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The construction of the new Washington Bridge will cost $339 million with no additional cost…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Rhode Islanders will learn Friday how long it will take to build a replacement to the Washington Bridge and how much it's…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Rhode Island officials celebrated the start of Pride Month at the Rhode Island State House Tuesday. Governor McKee and Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Department of Homeland Security has named Rhode Island as a "sanctuary jurisdiction" on a newly-released federal list.…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island House passed a resolution to deny raises for 11 of governor Dan McKee's cabinet members. The…
