Span will be closed until Fall 2019 The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today announced that on Monday, April 15, it will close the Geneva Pond Bridge, which carries Route 7 (Douglas Avenue) over the West River at the Providence/North Providence line. As part of this $5.2 million project, RIDOT will completely replace the […]readmore
Colonel James M. Manni, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety, announces that additional troopers have been assigned to special patrols next week to enforce the state’s texting-while-driving and hands-free cell phone use laws as part a national highway safety campaign called U Drive. U Text. […]readmore
Bill adds stronger protections for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) issued the following statement today after voting to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), legislation that improves services available to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking . It passed the House of Representatives by […]readmore
Community groups and indigenous leaders rejoice as the mayor, responding to public opposition, cancels plans to privatize the regional water system On Thursday, March 4, 2019, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza announced that he is backing away from a plan to privatize the city’s water system. The Land and Water Sovereignty Campaign, along with community activists […]readmore
WOONSOCKET, R.I.: Spring has sprung and the City of Woonsocket is excitedly ushering in the season with the launch of its Annual Street Sweeping Program on Monday, April 8, 2019 beginning in the North End. District sweeping is on a rotating basis. As the City works to officially clear away winter and remnant traces of […]readmore
After Reed-Langevin Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Wild and Scenic River Act signed into law last month as part of public lands package, conservation, community, and volunteer groups come together to celebrate ‘Wild and Scenic’ designation for segments of the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed and protections and opportunities that come with it Federal designation could help federal funds flow for […]readmore
VOA – Alejandra Arredondo & Jorge Agobian HOUSTON, TEXAS — En la época de la bonanza petrolera, los venezolanos que llegaban a Houston no venían a quedarse. Hoy en día, la ciudad alberga a la segunda comunidad más grande de migrantes de Venezuela en todo Estados Unidos. Entre el 2010 y el 2017, la población de […]readmore
Voz de América El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Mike Pompeo, afirmó este jueves que durante la reunión para festejar el 70 aniversario de la OTAN, los ministros discutieron temas tan diversos como presupuestos, lucha contra el terrorismo e incluso la presencia de Rusia en Venezuela, Durante la rueda de prensa después de la […]readmore
VOA NEWS- Associated Press TOKYO — Japan’s space agency said its Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully dropped an explosive designed to make a crater on an asteroid and collect its underground samples to find possible clues to the origin of the solar system. Friday’s crater mission is the riskiest for Hayabusa2, as it had to immediately get away […]readmore
At the time of year when colleges are sending out financial aid packages, the Rhode Island Foundation is offering students and their families more than $2 million in scholarships. Dozens of individual, family, corporate and organizational donors have established scholarship funds at the Foundation to help students defray educational expenses such as tuition, fees and […]readmore