STAMFORD, Conn. (Jan. 25, 2018) – RecycleMania, the premier collegiate recycling competition managed by national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful, is back for its 18th year as college and university campuses across the country compete to see who will claim the championship title in the fight to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost the most on campus. […]readmore
BOSTON – The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate is launching two new educational programs that will allow students to more thoroughly understand how government works and experience how finding common ground plays an important role in legislating effectively. The programs – Pathways to Citizenship and Conference Committee – provide the opportunity […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – After announcing that nine of Rhode Island’s biggest employers have committed to participate in Supply RI and proposing new funds to help local cities and towns streamline zoning to spark economic development earlier this week, Governor Gina M. Raimondo today laid out a comprehensive package of reforms designed to make Rhode Island […]readmore
PAWTUCKET – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) joined Wolf Blitzer this evening to discuss Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation, as well as unprecedented efforts by Republicans in Washington to discredit the FBI. «Well, I think it’s clear that the Special Counsel has interviewed a number of people in the President’s inner circle that […]readmore
Investments return 14.5 percent, reach 10-year high value of $8.4 billion PROVIDENCE, RI - Rhode Island’s pension fund earned more than $1.09 billion from investments in 2017 bringing the fund’s value to $8,420,929,978, the highest in more than a decade. «In 2017 we took our investment strategy Back to Basics and delivered strong returns that […]readmore
WARWICK, RI – Building on yesterday’s Supply RI announcement to connect Rhode Island’s local suppliers with the state’s largest employers, Governor Gina M. Raimondo shared details today about the proposed Municipal Technical Assistance program that aims to make the state’s cities and towns friendlier to small businesses. Since 2016, the Raimondo Administration has worked with […]readmore
CENTRAL FALLS, RI – Central Falls Mayor James A. Diossa announced that the city has launched a new hiring campaign to fill vacancies and create eligibility lists for both firefighters and police officers as the city continues to diversify the departments. “After the widespread success of our diversity campaigns in 2015 and 2016, which led […]readmore
WARWICK, R.I. – The Executive Director of the Rhode Island Democratic Party, T. Kevin Olasanoye, is taking part in a weeklong series of workshops with national executive directors and party leadership in Long Beach, California, this week, as part of the annual Association of State Democratic Chairs. Olasanoye, who will represent Rhode Island and state […]readmore
Rhode Island (January 24, 2018) — Given Rhode Island’s low rating of 1.5 stars in Mothers Against Drunk Driving’s (MADD) new Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving report to the Nation, MADD will host a press event at the State House in Providence at 3 p.m. on March 14, 2018 to discuss the organization’s legislative priorities […]readmore
The “Medicare-for-all” style program would provide all Rhode Islanders with access to high quality and affordable healthcare Providence – Today, State Representative Aaron Regunberg and State Senator Jeanine Calkin introduced legislation to provide universal healthcare to Rhode Islanders. The legislation also seeks to protect Rhode Islanders from federal attacks on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), […]readmore