Donations to Support the Community Against Bullying in Schools STATE HOUSE — Representative Robert A. Nardolillo III. (R-District 28 Coventry) invites all legislators, staff and pages to support the 3rd annual «Bow Ties Against Bullying» campaign by wearing a bow tie or scarf to the State House on Thursday, May 11th, 2017. Representative Nardolillo will […]readmore
JOHNSTON, R.I. In an effort to promote safe and environmentally-friendly spring cleaning, Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (Resource Recovery) will host two Eco-Depot collections on Saturday, May 13. Rhode Island residents can bring household hazardous waste (HHW) to the RI Department of Transportation Salt Shed located at 4782 Post Road in Charlestown from 8 a.m. […]readmore
HOPKINTON, RI — Rhode Island State Police arrested a New York man on drug charges yesterday after seizing nearly 50 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $150,000 from the man’s car after a traffic stop on Interstate 95. Huilin Wu, 37, of Brooklyn, NY, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver; and […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo and Acting Health and Human Services Secretary Anya Rader Wallack today announced Rebecca «Becky» Boss as their choice to lead the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH). Boss has served as Acting Director of the Department for the past ten months. The Governor will submit […]readmore
Washington, DC – Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Fiscal Year 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act (“omnibus”), which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 309-118: “More than seven months into the Fiscal Year, I am glad that we are responsibly funding the government with a […]readmore
Providence – Raimondo “As I said, everyone should vote their conscious on this one. I voted to recall Councilman Jackson. He has done a lot of good things over many years and I think he cares about the community. But at the end of the day this is about people having trust in their government […]readmore
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI), cofounder and co-chair of the Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus, today introduced the PLUS Loan Disability Forgiveness Act, legislation that would provide debt relief for parents whose children become permanently disabled. Langevin was joined by Congressmen Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), Peter Roskam (R-IL), and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL). Most federal student loans […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Raimondo issued the following statement in response to news that the Block Island Power Company this morning transferred the island’s electrical system from diesel generators to energy generated from offshore wind turbines. «Rhode Island has always led by example. We started America’s industrial revolution and built the first textile mill in the […]readmore
Lottery Opens Today for Families in 11 Communities PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) announced today that four new sites – in Central Falls, Pawtucket, and Providence – will be added to the Rhode Island Pre-kindergarten Program for the 2017-2018 school year, for a total of 60 classrooms. The lottery to […]readmore
Rhode Island one of six states to receive the prestigious Virginia Apgar Award The March of Dimes presented Rhode Island with its Virginia Apgar Prematurity Campaign Leadership Award at a ceremony this morning for the state’s dramatic reduction in the rate of preterm births, a health issue closely tied to brain, lung, hearing, and vision […]readmore