Governor announces four employer partnerships, funding to establish Northern Rhode Island Higher Education Center WOONSOCKET, RI – Governor Gina M. Raimondo officially announced a new public-private partnership that will bring a new job training and higher education center to Woonsocket. At a press conference outside Woonsocket City Hall, the Governor announced four employer partners — including […]Load more...
Governor’s Executive Order Takes Aim at Plastic Pollution by Establishing Task Force to Recommend Best Approaches to Avoiding Unnecessary Use of Disposables, Preventing Waste, and Increasing Recycling NARRAGANSETT, RI – Governor Gina M. Raimondo Monday afternoon signed an Executive Order aimed to reduce reliance on single-use plastics that often end up in Rhode Island’s waters. The […]Load more...
Providence Children’s Museum announces the expansion of its annual Play at the Park series to include daytime and evening events in the cities of Central Falls, Pawtucket and Providence. Providence Children’s Museum AmeriCorps members will bring playful, hands-on activities to select parks all summer long, building on the Museum’s commitment to advocate for and raise awareness […]Load more...
Representative Robert B. Lancia (R-Dist. 16, Cranston) will be hosting Indian consulate General Sandeep Chakrovarty on Saturday, July 21, 2018. Rep. Lancia is welcoming Mr. Chakrovarty along with the Indian Association of Rhode Island, an organization he is proud to have championed for years. Mr. Chakrovarty is a member of the Indian Foreign Service […]Load more...
Today the Democratic Governors Association announced that it has invested $1 million in the Alliance for a Better Rhode Island PAC to support the campaign for governor in Rhode Island. Alliance for a Better Rhode Island is an Independent Expenditure PAC. «Under Governor Raimondo’s leadership, Rhode Island is moving forward in building an economy that […]Load more...
Neighborhood cookouts to be held at recreation centers from 6:00pm-8:00pm throughout the summer, offer free food and family-friendly activities PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza today joined Providence Parks and Recreation, the Department of Art, Culture + Tourism and the Healthy Communities Office to announce the schedule for citywide summer cookouts which will […]Load more...
VOA News/Jamie Dettmer LONDON — Europeans have reacted with a mixture of alarm and relief to Monday’s summit between President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. They are relieved the U.S. leader did not give away any aces but they remain queasy about Trump’s apparent eagerness to get on with the Russian leader while displaying […]Load more...
US Judge Temporarily Halts Deportations of Recently Reunited Immigrant Families
A U.S. federal judge has temporarily halted deportations of immigrant families who were recently reunited after being separated earlier this year at the U.S.-Mexico border. Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego blocked the deportations Monday for at least a week and asked the government to respond to a motion from the American Civil Liberties Union. […]Load more...
VOA News Russian President Vladimir Putin denied having any compromising information on U.S. President Donald Trump and called the idea that Russia meddled in 2016 U.S. presidential elections «utterly ridiculous.» During a contentious interview with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, Putin said, «Interference with the domestic affairs of the United States — do you really […]Load more...
US Charges Russian Woman With Conspiracy to Infiltrate American Organizations
VOA News/Masood Farivar WASHINGTON — A self-styled Russian gun rights advocate who cultivated close ties with the National Rifle Association on behalf of Russia was charged on Monday with conspiracy to infiltrate U.S. political organizations as part of Moscow’s influence operations in the United States. Maria Butina, 29, whose Twitter account describes her as the founder […]Load more...