Gov. Mckee thank you. Thank you. Thank you all. Thank you so much. Weve got a lot to share tonight, so lets get down to business. Mr. Speaker, mr. President , members of the legislature, congressman seth magaziner, thank you for being here. Our general officers, chief justice and members of the judiciary, municipal leaders, members of my cabinet, and my fellow Rhode Islanders who are watching at home, including my mom, willa and i want to thank everybody always asking how my mom is doing. Good evening. When i started thinking about this years state of the state address, i thought back to the first inaugural speech i made in march of 2021. Rhode island was in a time of significant change. We were faced with many challenges and what felt like endless unknowns. At that time, i asked my fellow Rhode Islanders to join me, to come together as one team and meet that moment head on. On that day, i shared something i used to tell the players i coached in basketball. The team i coached was calle
Gov. Mckee thank you. Thank you. Thank you all. Thank you so much. Weve got a lot to share tonight, so lets get down to business. Mr. Speaker, mr. President , members of the legislature, congressman seth magaziner, thank you for being here. Our general officers, chief justice and members of the judiciary, municipal leaders, members of my cabinet, and my fellow Rhode Islanders who are watching at home, including my mom, willa and i want to thank everybody always asking how my mom is doing. Good evening. When i started thinking about this years state of the state address, i thought back to the first inaugural speech i made in march of 2021. Rhode island was in a time of significant change. We were faced with many challenges and what felt like endless unknowns. At that time, i asked my fellow Rhode Islanders to join me, to come together as one team and meet that moment head on. On that day, i shared something i used to tell the players i coached in basketball. The team i coached was calle
Thank you. Thank you, and good evening. It is a good evening. Mr. Speaker, mr. Senate president , members of the general assembly, distinguished guests, my special guest, my family. My husband, my son, and my daughter. [applause] and of course, my fellow Rhode Islanders. [applause] tonight, i stand before you filled with optimism for our future. Yearht, we begin this stronger than we have been in decades. [applause] four years ago, our Unemployment Rate was the highest in america. Today, it is in line with the Natural National average. The people filing for Unemployment Insurance last year was the lowest in 50 years. [applause] our economy has more jobs than in nearly any other time in our states history. [applause] we cut our deficit in half, we are the first state in america to teach Computer Science in every public school. [applause] numbers, you the can see it all around us. Cranes rising over providence, johnston, and kingston. [applause] construction crews fixing roads in every p
You know, my baby was screaming and stuff. But i was hoping nobody was there or heard it. Reporter when firefighters got there they learned the fire started outside the house in a planter bed likely caused by a lit cigarette. The fire is quickly has quickly spread. They discovered bars on the window and it was a marijuana grow house. Its quite a bit. Its several rooms full. They took a singlefamily dwelling and turned it into a complete grow house. So there were five or six rooms that all had marijuana growing in them. Reporter as with most grow houses the electrical system was tampered with, meters bypassed. It wasnt until pg e security electricity firefighters got the fire under control. And it is always disturbing for us because the potential for firefighters to be electrocuted is pretty high in a structure like this. Reporter during their investigation authorities found something, an intricate ventilation system. Among the evidence seized a tiny passport. An older asian man in his
And to the right of it in particular, its moving north at 12. By 2 00 a. M. , near savannah, georgia, the question is, inlands at that point, or is it still over the water, hugging the coastline, churning up by charleston and myrtle beach by 2 00 p. M. Tomorrow afternoon. Theres going to be some of that rain surging northward towards southern new england too, ill show you how that impacts your weekend plans just ahead. Vanessa as matthew dumps inch after inch of rain, this here is what officials are worried about storm surge. It happens when rising water is pushed o everything in its path. This home is inundated with its water in palm coast florida this morning. Do we have that picture for you . Apparently not. Officials across the south are expecting more scenes like this in the coming hours. We are very concerned about the storm surge, and the worst effects are still likely to come. Storm force winds are affecting the state of georgia and will continue to do so and we are fold for th