PAWTUCKET – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) joined Wolf Blitzer this evening to discuss Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation, as well as unprecedented efforts by Republicans in Washington to discredit the FBI. «Well, I think it’s clear that the Special Counsel has interviewed a number of people in the President’s inner circle that […]readmore
Investments return 14.5 percent, reach 10-year high value of $8.4 billion PROVIDENCE, RI - Rhode Island’s pension fund earned more than $1.09 billion from investments in 2017 bringing the fund’s value to $8,420,929,978, the highest in more than a decade. «In 2017 we took our investment strategy Back to Basics and delivered strong returns that […]readmore
Pawtucket – The City of Pawtucket is moving forward with the next phase of the planning for renovations to Payne Park. The site plans for the park and the renderings of the spray park and the playground area were completed by Gardner + Gerrish Landscape Architects, LLC. The plans were recently shared with the community […]readmore
WARWICK, RI – Building on yesterday’s Supply RI announcement to connect Rhode Island’s local suppliers with the state’s largest employers, Governor Gina M. Raimondo shared details today about the proposed Municipal Technical Assistance program that aims to make the state’s cities and towns friendlier to small businesses. Since 2016, the Raimondo Administration has worked with […]readmore
CENTRAL FALLS, RI – Central Falls Mayor James A. Diossa announced that the city has launched a new hiring campaign to fill vacancies and create eligibility lists for both firefighters and police officers as the city continues to diversify the departments. “After the widespread success of our diversity campaigns in 2015 and 2016, which led […]readmore
WARWICK, R.I. – The Executive Director of the Rhode Island Democratic Party, T. Kevin Olasanoye, is taking part in a weeklong series of workshops with national executive directors and party leadership in Long Beach, California, this week, as part of the annual Association of State Democratic Chairs. Olasanoye, who will represent Rhode Island and state […]readmore
Mayor Elorza’s municipal ID program is just another example of how our leaders are pandering for votes and circumventing the law at the cost of every taxpayer in this state, like when our governor calls for state police and prison guards never to turn convicts over to federal authorities. Are these the type of people […]readmore
Rhode Island (January 24, 2018) — Given Rhode Island’s low rating of 1.5 stars in Mothers Against Drunk Driving’s (MADD) new Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving report to the Nation, MADD will host a press event at the State House in Providence at 3 p.m. on March 14, 2018 to discuss the organization’s legislative priorities […]readmore
The “Medicare-for-all” style program would provide all Rhode Islanders with access to high quality and affordable healthcare Providence – Today, State Representative Aaron Regunberg and State Senator Jeanine Calkin introduced legislation to provide universal healthcare to Rhode Islanders. The legislation also seeks to protect Rhode Islanders from federal attacks on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), […]readmore
Providence, RI: On January 23rd at approximately 2026 hours, Providence Police Task Force Investigators Brian Murphy and Robert Foley were patrolling in the Hillhurst Avenue area when they observed a vehicle operating at a high rate of speed and directed towards their police cruiser. As the vehicle continued driving towards police, officers recognized two of […]readmore