Gina Raimondo

Vice President Kamala Harris touted the Biden administration’s recovery plan during a visit to Rhode Island Wednesday. Harris and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo – the former governor of Rhode Island – made stops in the state to discuss the American Jobs Plan. After Air Force 2 landed at T.F. Green Airport, Harris was expected to an attend an event featuring…

Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee on Wednesday nominated Providence City Council President Sabina Matos as his lieutenant governor, who if confirmed by the state Senate, will be the first person of color in state history to hold the job. About 80 people initially applied for the job, but the Democratic governor said at a news conference that Matos shares his…

Democrat Dan McKee has been sworn in as Rhode Island’s 76th governor. McKee was sworn in Tuesday after former governor and fellow Democrat Gina Raimondo officially joined President Joe Biden’s cabinet as U.S. commerce secretary after winning Senate confirmation. The 69-year-old has served as the state’s lieutenant governor since 2015. He is a lifelong resident of Rhode Island and...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo as U.S. Secretary of Commerce on Tuesday, with just 15 senators voting no. The vote was 84-15. She needed a simple majority to be confirmed. As secretary of commerce, Raimondo will oversee the Census and the National Weather Service, help negotiate trade deals, promote job creation and more. The Democrat’s...

Rhode Island on Monday began making COVID-19 vaccination appointments available to residents aged 65 and older amid questions over the pace of the state’s vaccine rollout. Appointments for eligible residents are expected to be available at mass vaccination sites such as the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence and the old Citizens Bank building in Cranston; as well as at retail…

Rhode Islanders 75 and older can now register for an appointment to get the coronavirus vaccine at one of the two state-run vaccination sites. Appointments will begin Feb. 18. Starting Monday, Feb. 22, scheduling will open to any Rhode Islander 65 and older. Phase 1 of Rhode Island’s vaccination process has been focused on health care workers and people who…

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo bid farewell to her state Wednesday, using what’s expected to be her final State of the State address to praise its citizens’ resilience and sacrifice during the pandemic as she awaits confirmation as U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Speaking from a largely empty legislative chamber, Raimondo also highlighted her successes since winning the governor’s office...

Restrictions that required many Rhode Island businesses to close early to thwart the spread of the coronavirus are scheduled to be lifted Friday, according to a spokesperson for the state Commerce Department. Gov. Gina Raimondo will sign an executive order Friday to lift them immediately, according to an email from spokesperson Matt Sheaff. Department of Health Director Nicole Alexander-Scott said…

President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee the Commerce Department has taken a tough line on China in her confirmation hearing

Joe Biden’s nominee for commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, delivers her opening statement before the Senate Commerce Committee.

Lt. Gov. Daniel McKee is quarantining at home after coming into close contact with someone who later tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Saturday. The lieutenant governor learned of the close contact Saturday morning, has since tested negative and is showing no symptoms, officials said. He will continue to be tested and will remained quarantined until midnight on Jan. 12,…

Rhode Island’s coronavirus response will not be impacted by Gov. Gina Raimondo’s imminent departure to join President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet, Lt. Gov. Daniel McKee promised on Friday. In his first public statement since Raimondo was named Biden’s pick for commerce secretary, McKee said he’s committed to retaining many of the top officials and experts Raimondo has tapped to lead...

President-elect Joe Biden introduced the mayor of Boston and the governor of Rhode Island as members of his economic and jobs team on Friday, the final Biden-Harris Cabinet nominations to be announced. Biden had on Thursday revealed Mayor Marty Walsh as his candidate for labor secretary and Gov. Gina Raimondo as his choice to become commerce secretary. The scale of…

Boston City Council President Kim Janey could soon have a new title — mayor.

President-elect Joe Biden planned to introduce Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, and two other candidates at an event Friday in Wilmington, Delaware.

Two New England politicians have been chosen to join the Biden administration: Boston Mayor Marty Walsh for labor secretary and Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo for commerce secretary.

The coronavirus pandemic was far and away Rhode Island’s top story of 2020, and as the year drew to a close, the state briefly led the nation in virus cases per capita. Gov. Gina Raimondo, criticized by some for not doing enough to slow the spread of COVID-19, grabbed headlines early in the pandemic for doing what others thought was…

Gov. Gina Raimondo says Rhode Island’s three-week pause helped to bring the state’s percent positive coronavirus rate back down. Speaking at her last coronavirus news conference of the year, Raimondo said Tuesday’s 7.1% positivity rate is a vast improvement. “We have turned the corner. A few weeks ago I was up here and we were flying up the curve,”...

Gov. Gina Raimondo said Friday that the pause in Rhode Island’s reopening process would end after the weekend. Raimondo thanked residents for their cooperation, which she credited with helping to curb the state’s coronavirus cases. “After a few months of numbers ticking up week after week, we’re starting to see our numbers turn around and begin to trend in...

Rhode Island is one of several states across the country getting fewer doses of Pfizer’s vaccine than expected. Gov. Gina Raimondo said they were set to receive 11,000 doses next week, and now they’re only getting about 7,000.