Rhode Island – Governor Lincoln Chafee is pleased with Moody’s Investors Service report on improved credit status classification. The credit rating agency on Wall Street praised local leaders for taking steps to improve the fiscal health of the state government. The agency upgraded the future financial condition of the government of Rhode Island negatively, where […]readmore
Providence, RI – Governor Lincoln D. Chafee announced today the nominations of Scott Rabideau of Pascoag and Vince Watchorn of Providence to the Judicial Nominating Commission filling the seats vacated by Alexander Biliouris and D. Faye Sanders respectively. «As leaders in their fields, Scott and Vince will bring to the Judicial Nominating Commission valuable insight […]readmore
Nuala Pell, widow of the late Senator Caiborne Pell and grandmother to gubernatorial candidate, Clay Pell passed away on the morning of April 13, 2014 at Newport Hospital. She was 89 years old. Funeral arrangements are under way and the service will be held next week on April 21 in Newport at Trinity Episcopal Church […]readmore
Governor Lincoln D. Chafee today signed a Proclamation announcing March 17-23, 2014, as «Diversity & Inclusion Awareness Week». The Proclamation builds off of Governor Chafee’s May 2013 Executive Order on Diversity, which had two main goals: increasing diversity in the state workforce and increasing the utilization of Minority Business Enterprises in state contracts. Governor Chafee […]readmore
Quonset, RI – Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and the Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) announced today that its Board of Directors is set to approve a 50-year lease that would make Greencore USA a new tenant at Quonset Business Park. Greencore, a convenience food manufacturer, plans to build a 107,000-square-foot facility, which would house more than […]readmore
First Lady Michelle Obama, Governor Lincoln Chafee, and Director of Health Michael Fine, M.D. have all reached out to the leadership in Rhode Island’s cities and towns calling on them to join Let’s Move! Cities, Towns, and Counties. Let’s Move! is a national campaign to address the childhood obesity epidemic by engaging local leaders in […]readmore
WARWICK, RI: Republican candidate for Governor Ken Block called on Governor Chafee to negotiate a short-term contract with state employees. «We must let the next Governor negotiate this contract,” said Block. “It doesn’t make sense for our next Governor to have their hands tied. Governor Chafee should negotiate a one-year extension and nothing beyond that […]readmore
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