PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Summer Food Service Program is now underway at more than 200 program sites in 15 communities, where free meals will be served to Rhode Island students this summer. “Increasing participation in school meals and in summer meals is a goal of the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet because we recognize that academic performance […]readmore
Detour in place through November The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists about the upcoming closure of the Simmonsville Bridge in Johnston, which will go into effect Monday, July 9. The bridge will be closed through November. It carries approximately 6,600 vehicles daily on Simmonsville Avenue over the Simmons Brook between Randall […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI — Governor Gina Raimondo has the support of two major progressive advocacy groups: Planned Parenthood and Moms Demand Action. “Preventing gun violence and expanding health care access in Rhode Island are core tenets of my administration and my re-election campaign,” said Governor Gina Raimondo. “In partnership with Moms Demand, we passed a ban […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt offered his resignation to President Trump, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement: “Scott Pruitt should have been fired long ago. He was a toxic presence at the EPA and investigations into his alleged abuses and misdeeds should continue and he must be […]readmore
VOA News Embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt has resigned after fighting numerous scandals and alleged ethics violations. «The unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizable toll on all of us,» Pruitt wrote in his resignation letter to President Donald Trump on Thursday. He wrote that it […]readmore
Farish, who died Thursday, became president of RWU in 2011, striving to «build the university the world needs now» BRISTOL, R.I., July 5, 2018 – Roger Williams University President Donald J. Farish, who transformed RWU into a vital institution devoted to community engagement, college affordability and equity, died on Thursday, July 5, at Tufts Medical […]readmore
VOA News/Ken Bredemeier U.S. first lady Melania Trump returned Thursday to the country’s border with Mexico, her second visit in a week to get a firsthand look at conditions surrounding the detention of thousands of migrants who have illegally entered the country, including children separated from their parents. Melania Trump landed at an air base […]readmore
VOA News/ Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND — A single shooter killed five people Thursday and wounded others at a newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, and police said a suspect was in custody. A reporter at The Capital Gazette tweeted that a single gunman had fired into the newsroom and shot multiple employees. Phil Davis, who covers courts and crime […]readmore
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led members in the House and Senate to send a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) urging for an immediate extension of the June 30th deadline for Puerto Rican families currently participating in […]readmore
Colonel Michael Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, announces the arrest of Kimberly Ruggiero, age 40, of 52 Stevens Rd, Cranston, RI and Carolyn Bird, age 46, of 49 School Street, East Providence, RI for violating the state’s social host laws. A third suspect Joseph Kirtlink, age 24, of East Greenwich, RI was also arrested for […]readmore