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McKee names interim health and human services secretary

Published Oct 27, 2026, 1:43 PM

Kristin Sousa, Rhode Island’s Medicaid program director, will serve as interim secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services starting Oct. 29, Gov. Dan McKee announced Tuesday. Sousa fills the opening left by Richard Charest, who is leaving the cabinet-level position at the end of the month to take a job as CEO […]

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