Gov. Dan McKee, left, looks on as a new Direct Current Fast Charger for electric vehicles is used at the Route 117 Park & Ride in Warwick along Interstate 95 during a July 17, 2024, ceremony marking the completion of the first phase of the alternative fuel corridor under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program. (Photo via Office of the Governor)
School is out on Smith Hill, but the work is just beginning for state lawmakers who will spend their legislative break considering Pawtuxet River flooding, climate change mandates, and whether Central Falls public schools should return to local control.
Work begins at 3:30 p.m. Thursday when the first of five new study commissions created during the 2025 session kicks off with an inaugural organizational meeting. The Senate’s Special Legislative Commission to Study and Provide Recommendations for Potential Changes in Legislation/Oversight of the Act on Climate will review the 2021 decarbonization law, which set deadlines for incremental emissions reductions, eventually reaching net-zero by 2050….