PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- A staff member of the Governor's Office is in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19, a spokesperson said Sunday. The staff member is currently working from home until the end of their quarantine period, according to the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – After more than a year of restrictions, Governor Dan McKee announced changes that put Rhode Island on the path to a near full re-opening. Those changes allow all…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – Governor Dan McKee and Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos held their first weekly non-COVID press conference. Governor McKee said the goal for the press conference is to have…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- Gov. Dan McKee and RIPTA announced on Thursday that the state's public transit system will begin offering free rides to vaccination sites starting…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- Governor Dan McKee and the Department of Health announced additional COVID-19 vaccination appointments will become available Thursday morning. A spokesperson for the Department of Health said 3,200 appointments will be posted on vaccinateri.org Thursday at 9 a.m.…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – Rhode Island officially has a new Lieutenant Governor. Former Providence City Council President Sabina Matos was sworn into office Wednesday morning becoming the 70th Lieutenant Governor and making history as…
PROVIDENCE, R.I (WLNE) - Sabina Matos was sworn in as the 70th Lt. Governor of Rhode Island on Wednesday morning. Lt. Governor Matosm her husband Patrick Ward and their children Annemarie and Diego were joined by Governor McKee for the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- The Rhode Island Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to confirm Sabina Matos as the state's 70th lieutenant governor. "Today is a historic day in Rhode Island and I want to offer my…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- Governor McKee announced a new grant program for the state's small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will use $20 million from CARES Act funds to give $5,000 grants to qualifying businesses. McKee said the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - Governor Dan McKee announced at the weekly COVID-19 briefing on Thursday that proms and graduations will go on this year, as the state continues to ramp up vaccinations. The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- Governor McKee and the Department of Health announced 7,300 additional COVID-19 vaccination appointments to open on Tuesday. These appointments come after Rhode Island expanded it's age eligibility to residents 50-59 years old. The appointments will become available…
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (WLNE)- Governor McKee toured a state-run mass vaccination clinic on Saturday, as more Rhode Islanders have received the green light to get their first shot. McKee visited the former Benny's in…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- In accordance with President Joe Biden, Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee directed U.S. and Rhode Island flags to be flown at half-staff at all state facilities and buildings on Saturday. According to McKee, flags will stay at…
CUMBERLAND, R.I. (AP) — The newest judge to the Rhode Island Superior Court was sworn in Saturday. Democratic Gov. Dan McKee presided over the swearing in of R. David Cruise, a longtime political operative and state senator, at the Boys…
PROVIDENCE, R.I (WLNE) - Governor McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health are set to host the weekly COVID-19 briefing at 1:00 PM. The briefing between state leaders comes one day before Rhode Island loosens additional restrictions that were…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - Governor Dan McKee released his administration's budget proposal for the fiscal year 2022 on Thursday. The $11.17 billion proposed budget will likely change, as it does not take into account the latest stimulus package from the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- Governor Dan McKee announced a statewide effort to vaccinate all teachers, staff, and child care workers by the end of the month, with some starting as soon as Friday. While the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I (WLNE) - Governor McKee is set to make an announcement on a statewide initiative to vaccinate teachers, school staff, and child care providers. McKee will be making this announcement Tuesday at 11:30 AM at the municipal vaccination clinic…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- Gov. Dan McKee was ceremonially sworn as the 76th Governor of Rhode Island during a public inauguration on Sunday. The socially-distanced ceremony was held at noon on the steps of…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - Governor Dan McKee spent his first full day in office in the community, visiting vaccination clinics and signing an executive order…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee signed an executive order on Wednesday to reduce vaccine hesitancy and engage local communities in the state's vaccination effort. The executive order directs the Rhode Island Department of Health “to engage…
WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) - Warwick Mayor Frank Picozzi and Lt. Gov. Dan McKee toured the vaccination clinic at the Veteran's Middle School Monday morning. The clinic will provide COVID-19 vaccinations to residents 65 and older. On its first day, 640…
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WLNE) - Lieutenant Governor Dan McKee joined local leaders at Portsmouth's first vaccination clinic on Wednesday at Raytheon Missiles & Defense. The community vaccination site is run by the Portsmouth Emergency…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - Rhode Island released the state's most recent COVID-19 data on Monday. Shortly after, incoming governor Dan McKee released a statement, criticizing the current administration's progress on the vaccination rollout. Health officials reported 895 new cases of…
