Still, local immigrants are on edge. “People are worried. People are afraid,” said the executive director of the Latino Policy Institute.
Though President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration is beginning to take shape across the country, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee told 12 News there’s been no indication that U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been conducting raids in the Ocean State.
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee said he will stand with Rhode Island residents here without legal status, even as they face heightened immigration enforcement by the Trump administration. State police, however,
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.
For the last three years, RIHAP has called on the state to declare homelessness a state of emergency or a public health emergency, according to Hirsch. In November, the group organized a rally at the Rhode Island State House demanding McKee declare Rhode Island’s homelessness crisis a state of emergency.
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.
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.
(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.
In his address, McKee focused on educational & health improvements, while discussing infrastructure, housing and gun safety policy goals.
A new era in American politics started with the return of Donald Trump to the White House this week. The effect is already being felt across the country due to a volley of executive orders signed by Trump.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Though President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration is beginning to take shape across the country, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee told 12 News there’s been no ...