Earlier this month, nearly 50 Rhode Island legislators called on Gov. Dan McKee to declare homelessness a statewide public health emergency. In a Jan. 10 letter written by State Sen. Tiara Mack ’16 (D-Providence), legislators urged the governor to ...

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee's proposed budget doesn't include any broad based tax increases, but there are several areas where people could have to start paying

McKee acknowledged that Rhode Island faces tough decisions with its budget. The state faces a budget gap this year of more than $250 million and potentially more than $300 million. The governor said state revenues are expected to grow 2.5% a year over the next five years, but he said state spending will increase at 3.7% a year.

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee delivered his State of the State address on Tuesday, talking about economic development, schools and health care, the Washington Bridge rebuild and the major cyberattack that hit the state’s online system for delivering health and human service benefits.

Gov. Dan McKee will deliver his fourth State of the State address at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in the Rhode Island State House. The State of the State is an annual address delivered before the General Assembly and other high-profile luminaries, and aired on Capitol TV. It's typically the governor's highest-profile speech of the year.

(WJAR) — Governor Dan McKee is set to release his budget proposal for FY2026 on Thursday. Observers are waiting to see if it will include tax increases. This is the first year since the pandemic without federal relief funds. The latest estimates put the state's budget deficit between $300 million and $330 million.

PROVIDENCE – As protesters gathered in the State House to decry government's response to the homelessness crisis, Gov. Dan McKee took the stage Tuesday night to tout the "progress" made on his watch in multiple arenas, from the successful launch of a professional Rhode Island soccer team to a drop in school absences.

One day after Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee’s 2025 State of the State address, he responded to criticism of his unique strategy to enhance gun control measures. “This year, I’m sending a budget to the general assembly that,

Demonstrators found the rotunda cordoned off with a sign saying it was reserved from 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. for the governor’s address.

With the 2025 legislative session officially begun, the focus turns to Gov. Dan McKee and his scheduled State of the State address next week. Don’t expect any dollar-figure details yet; the nitty gritty of agency-level funding and programming will be unveiled when McKee releases his proposed fiscal 2026 budget a few days later.

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Gov. Dan McKee is no longer attending President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday due to expected snowfall.

Public transit advocates are outraged that a $32.6 million deficit for Rhode Island’s statewide bus agency has gone unaddressed in Gov. Dan McKee’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget unveiled Thursday but remain hopeful an upcoming efficiency study will show how to fill in the gap.