Education Commissioner issues binding Field Memo Alert to school districts asserting students’ right to schools that are «free from the threat of physical harm« PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Gina M. Raimondo has taken executive and procedural action to ban all firearms, except those carried by law enforcement officers, from public PK-12 school buildings and school grounds. […]readmore
WOONSOCKET, RI: The City is readying to install a standing flashing light device designed to alert upper Main Street drivers to slow, yield and stop in advance of a crosswalk located directly in front of Hanora Lippitt Manor, 1 Main Street. The four foot tall, stationary unit will be installed during a press briefing scheduled […]readmore
Rhode Islanders are ready for change and new leadership. Judge Flanders will advocate for the issues that matter to Rhode Islanders: affordable health care, jobs, immigration, education, and fixing our roads and bridges. Sen. Whitehouse has failed hard-working Rhode Island families for twelve years. The ad is running on network and cable TV through September, […]readmore
Day-long event features competitive rowing with cash prizes to be awarded, popular dumpling eating contest, and Asian festival on the pier with live cultural entertainment and more! PAWTUCKET (August 28, 2018) – The 19th Annual Rhode Island Chinese Dragon Boat Races & Taiwan Day Festival is set for Saturday, September 8, 2018 from 9 am-4 […]readmore
Public-private partnership with Twin River makes project possible Long-awaited traffic improvements at the intersection of William S. Canning Boulevard and Stafford Road in Tiverton were unveiled today as Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti Jr. joined with state and local officials to mark the dedication of a new roundabout there. The roundabout […]readmore
Bristol and Newport fire departments win new port security grants WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced a total of $309,125 in two Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) investments for the towns of Bristol and Newport that will help their fire departments expand […]readmore
Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, announces that the 10th annual Kids, Cops and Classroom campaign collected thousands of dollars’ worth of backpacks and school supplies that will help students throughout the state start the school year with the supplies they need […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI– Governor Raimondo and Lieutenant Governor McKee are calling on National Grid to return to ratepayers $7.9 million of over-collections made after Congress passed a massive corporate tax cut. After Congress passed the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, National Grid’s federal corporate tax rate was reduced from 35 percent to 21 percent. «This […]readmore
The PawSox do not make Pawtucket. Pawtucket made the PawSox The city I am proud and honored to represent is made great by our resilient community and, no matter what challenge we face, Pawtucket will continue to move forward toward an even brighter future. I know many of my neighbors in Pawtucket and throughout Rhode […]readmore
Move means 21 religious support personnel jobs will be coming to Naval Station Newport along with hundreds of students annually NEWPORT, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, today welcomed the news that the U.S. Navy plans to relocate the Naval Chaplaincy School and Center (NCSC) and nearly two dozen […]readmore