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The bills are starting to move at the Rhode Island General Assembly. This year’s session is seeing a significant number of bills moving forward and avoiding the last minute, end of the session crunch of previous years.
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The state airport will be called “Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport” if Gov. Dan McKee signs legislation passed by the General Assembly. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)
PROVIDENCE, RI The General Assembly has passed legislation introduced by Majority Leader Michael J. McCaffrey (D-Dist. 29, Warwick) and House Speaker Pro Tempore Brian Patrick Kennedy (D-Dist. 38, Hopkinton, Westerly) that would rename the state airport Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport.
Airport executives had promoted the name change as a way to boost awareness of Rhode Island s main airport to travelers and to reflect the changing complexion of the airport while continuing to honor the memory of Theodore Francis Green, proponents said in a news release. Green was the 57th governor of Rhode Island and a member of the U.S. Senate from 1937 to 1959.