STATE HOUSE – Today, April 11, 2017, House Minority Whip Blake Filippi (R-District 36, Block Island, Charlestown, South Kingstown and Westerly) will present three resolutions to the House Judiciary Committee to amend the Constitution of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The bills include H-5401, H-5541, and H-5513. House bill 5401 proposes a […]readmore
STATE HOUSE — On Tuesday, April 11, 2017, House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan (R-District 26 Coventry, Warwick, West Warwick) will submit legislation to repeal the Rhode Works toll law. Rep. Morgan’s bill would repeal the provisions of the general laws which created the «Rhode Island Bridge Replacement, Reconstruction, and Maintenance Fund Act of 2016», also […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza will join elected officials, staff from the city’s Planning and Development Department, Department of Public Works, and Department of Art, Culture + Tourism, as well as community and business leaders to announce an array of exciting projects, investments and initiatives along Broad Street that aim to revitalize and […]readmore
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that Orthodox Baking is recalling its 16-ounce packages of Oberlander Gluten Free Brand Chocolate Kokosh Cake because they contain undeclared almond paste. People who have allergies to almonds run the risk of serious allergic reactions if they consume this product. The recalled product was distributed […]readmore
WARWICK, R.I.- Congressman Jim Langevin presented Cranston resident Mrs. Carol Liebrich, the widow of World War II veteran Robert Liebrich, with a Purple Heart with a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, signifying the second Purple Heart he has received. When he was just 18-years-old, Private First Class (PFC) Liebrich was shot in the abdomen by enemy […]readmore
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), who serves on the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force, is leading the effort in Congress to expand the use of Naloxone by law enforcement agencies. «In 2015, nearly two-thirds of drug overdose deaths -or 33,091 of 52,404 deaths-involved prescription and synthetic opioids like Vicodin, OxyContin, heroin and fentanyl,» […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – Troopers from the Rhode Island State Police Commercial Enforcement Unit earlier today conducted a mock truck inspection for about 100 landscape contractors from throughout New England to help promote compliance with motor vehicle laws and safety regulations. Troopers Bergeron and Pasley conducted the inspection during the Northeast Hardscape Exhibition at the Rhode […]readmore
SCITUATE, RI – Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, announces that members of the Rhode Island State Police Scituate Barracks and members of the Major Crimes Unit arrested a Woonsocket man in connection with a fatal car crash that occurred on Interstate […]readmore
«Here we go again» said Lynch, referring to the most recent Republican effort to mislead people. «Creating facts, intentionally misleading people and ignoring the truth may have worked for the Trump campaign, but Rhode Islanders are smarter than that» said Lynch. «After suffering through decades of Republican and Republican-lite governors in RI, Governor Raimondo is […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the demotion of Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s chief political strategist, from the National Security Council’s principal’s committee: «Steve Bannon had no business being on the National Security Council to begin with. […]readmore