Three-Year Plan Details Priorities and Seeks to Expand Volunteer Opportunities PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) and ServeRI, Rhode Island’s commission for national and community service, today released the Rhode Island State Service Plan 2020-2023. Over the course of the past eight months, more than 500 Rhode Islanders provided input to the plan, which aims to increase volunteer and national […]readmore
Providence, Rhode Island – Advocates, community members, and elected officials concerned about the well-being of Rhode Island’s immigrant residents came together at the State House library on March 10th to support legislation that would make obtaining a drivers’ licenses more accessible to undocumented Rhode Islanders. The ‘Driver’s Licenses for All’ campaign kickoff was hosted by […]readmore
El juez de la Corte Suprema de Nueva York James Burke condenó este miércoles a 23 años de prisión al exproductor de cine Harvey Weinstein. Hace tres semanas, un jurado había declarado culpable a Weinstein de acto sexual criminal en primer grado contra la asistente de producción Mimi Haley y de violación en tercer grado […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI, March 10, 2020- Family Service of Rhode Island, a statewide non-profit, is asking for help to provide items to help the low income children, families and seniors it serves “be safe” from the Coronavirus. “We work in schools and communities across Rhode Island, and in recent weeks so many families have asked how they can […]readmore
VOA News Foto: Personas usando máscaras de protección en Florencia, al tiempo que Italia lucha contra un brote de coronavirus. 7 marzo 2020. Siete semanas después de la confirmación del primer caso del nuevo coronavirus en Estados Unidos, la diseminación del virus ha causado extensos daños a sectores clave de la economía. Las aerolíneas están […]readmore
LPR News PROVIDENCE, R.I.– Today Governor Gina M. Raimondo, surrounded by legislators, union leaders and other advocates for working families, signed into law H7157A/S2417A, raising the minimum wage in Rhode Island to $11.50 an hour. The wage increase will take effect on October 1.«Nobody should work full-time and live in poverty,” said Governor Raimondo. “Over the […]readmore
LPR News Providence, RI -- As the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee prepares for a marathon hearing related to gun safety on Wednesday March 11, several Democratic City and Town Committees have passed resolutions in support of the High Capacity Magazine Ban (H7264/S2130) including Newport, Lincoln, Middletown, and Little Compton. At its March 2, 2020, […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I.– Governor Gina M. Raimondo today signed a declaration creating a State of Emergency in Rhode Island, allowing the State to access additional resources to supplement its robust response to COVID-19. In addition, today the Governor, Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (DLT), and Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) announced a series […]readmore
VOA News By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden won three states — Virginia, North Carolina and Alabama — while Senator Bernie Sanders captured his home state of Vermont in the first results from Tuesday’s Democratic presidential nominating contests in 14 states. Biden’s victories, projected by cable television networks as the polls […]readmore
VOA News By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – The U.S. surgeon general has a message for Americans inclined to wear a mask to ward off the deadly coronavirus — don’t. «Their risk as American citizens remains low,» Surgeon General Jerome Adams told the «Fox & Friends» show on Monday. «There are things that people can do to […]readmore