Colonel James M. Manni, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, announces the arrest of a tractor-trailer truck driver on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs on Interstate 95 in West Greenwich last night. Matthew W. Gallagher, age 36, of 73A Tremont St., […]readmore
For the People Act expands access to the polls, strengthens election cybersecurity, and requires increased transparency and accountability from public officials WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) issued the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 1, the For The People Act, an historic government reform package to strengthen American democracy. It passed the U.S. House of […]readmore
Ambitious “For The People Act” includes Cicilline’s DISCLOSE Act, Automatic Voter Registration Act WASHINGTON – Making good on their promise to clean up corruption in Washington and make the federal government work for working people, House Democrats today passed the For The People Act (H.R.1), a large-scale effort to fix the broken American political system by making […]readmore
Today we released a very important statement outlining actions NIH is taking to become part of the solution to address sexual harassment in science. I am including the full text of the statement below, as it speaks for itself. For additional information please visit our NIH Anti-Sexual Harassment: for NIH Awardee Organizations and Those Who Work There webpage. As the […]readmore
STATE HOUSE – Rep. Anastasia P. Williams’ (D-Dist. 9, Providence) legislation (2019-H 5125A) that codifies in state law the privacy rights and reproductive freedoms guaranteed by the United States Supreme Court in the case Roe v. Wade and its constitutional progeny was passed by the House of Representatives tonight. The vote for passage was 44-30 […]readmore
Advocates vow to keep up the fight to get this bill to the governor’s desk this year and protect the promise of Roe in Rhode Island. (Providence, RI) – Statement by The Womxn Project on tonight’s House passage of the Reproductive Privacy Act (H 5125), a bill to codify Roe and protect the right to […]readmore
International Women’s Day Occurs Annually on March 8th Providence, RI (March 7, 2019)…City Council Deputy Majority Leader Mary Kay Harris (Ward 11) and the majority female-led Council, unanimously voted to recognize March 8th as International Women’s Day at a Council meeting last month. The Council will be hosting an event tomorrow, Friday, March 8, beginning at 6:00 […]readmore
Providence, RI (March 7, 2019) – City Council President Pro Tempore Michael Correia, Ward Six introduced an ordinance at tonight’s Council Meeting that calls for implementing an emergency parking ban if the expected snowfall is four inches or more. “The current system is not efficient and is failing to ensure the safety of our constituents during […]readmore
From the left: Sen. Donna M. Nesselbush, Dr. Jane Gerety, RSW, President of Salve Regina University, Dr. Christina Paxson, President of Brown University, Dr. Rosanne Somerson, President of the Rhode Island School of Design, and Rep. Kathleen A. Fogarty at the 2019 International Women’s Day celebration in the State Room of the State House STATE […]readmore
A team of assessors from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission certified the department On February 26, 2019, the UMass Dartmouth Police Department received their second state re-accreditation from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission. Accreditation is a self-initiated evaluation process by which police departments strive to meet and maintain standards that have been established for the […]readmore