Providence, RI – Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner yesterday sent a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in response to Navient Corporation’s (NASDAQ: NAVI) attempt to deny shareholders the chance to vote on his proposal requesting that the company provide investors with information on the measures it is taking related to risks associated […]Load more...
Rhode Island selected by National Governor’s Association as a ‘learning lab’ state to prevent neonatal withdrawal PROVIDENCE, RI – Following the release earlier last week of a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association showing a 61 percent decrease in post-incarceration overdose deaths, Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced a new effort […]Load more...
WASHINGTON – Today, after the U.S. Senate rejected President Trump’s proposal to radically slash legal immigration by a vote of 39 to 60 and failed to advance two bipartisan immigration proposals that would provide a pathway to citizenship for young “Dreamers” protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, U.S. Senator Jack Reed […]Load more...
CRANSTON, R.I. – The Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles reminds state residents and others in need of motor vehicle registry services that all agency offices will be open Monday, Feb. 19 – designated as the national Presidents’ Day holiday. Visit www.dmv.ri.gov for office locations and hours.Load more...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative Jim Langevin (D-RI) joined his colleagues on the Congressional Task Force on Election Security to unveil their final report, which includes ten specific recommendations on what the federal government and states can and should be doing to secure our nation’s elections. Russia’s unprecedented interference with the country’s elections in 2016 […]Load more...
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, who led the effort to establish the Housing Trust Fund (HTF) and the Capital Magnet Fund (CMF) and who is a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, issued the following statement: “I thank the Federal Housing Finance Agency for exercising its independent authority pursuant to the […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE: The Nellie Mae Education Foundation has awarded Providence Public Schools a $252,000 grant to extend its efforts in learner-centered, personalized learning in four district high schools. The grant fund “Supporting and Developing Student-Centered Teachers and Administrators at Scale” empowers educators and administrators to play a leading role in the implementation of personalized learning within […]Load more...
WASHINGTON, DC – Five months after the Trump Administration created an economic and humanitarian crisis by terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the Senate Majority Leader is finally letting the Senate move forward with an immigration debate this week. U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging his Senate colleagues to come together and […]Load more...
Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, along with Chief Sheriff David M. DeCesare, warns citizens to beware of a telephone scam in which individuals posing as deputy sheriffs are calling people to make arrangements to pay fictitious fines. Sheriff DeCesare said his […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island is among 10 states receiving the highest grade for elections security in a new report published today by the Center for American Progress. The report, Elections Security in all 50 States – Defending America’s Elections, graded states on a number of indicators including security of voter registration systems, voter-verified paper […]Load more...