WASHINGTON – Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01) spoke out against the Republican Party’s proposal to give $1.5 trillion in tax cuts to the wealthy and corporations, and raise taxes on 36 million working people. The House is expected to vote on the GOP tax scam TOMORROW. Cicilline’s remarks Mr. […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea recognized three individuals and two institutions with the 2017 NASS Medallion Award at a ceremony held this afternoon at the State House. State Senator Erin Lynch Prata of Warwick; Aram Garabedian of Cranston; Shanna Wells of West Warwick; the Providence Student Union; and the Rhode Island […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI, November 15, 2017- Family Service of Rhode Island (FSRI) corporate partner East Commerce Solutions will deliver 72 turkeys for Mary E. Fogarty Elementary students and their families on Friday, November 17, at noon at the school’s front entrance at 199 Oxford Street, in Providence’s Lower South Providence neighborhood. As many as 94% of […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Banking Committee who helped create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and its Office of Servicemember Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding Richard Cordray’s announcement he will be stepping down as Director of the CFPB: “Richard Cordray did an admirable job as […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Gina Raimondo issued the following statement today in response to national Republicans’ plan to repeal the individual mandate to pay for the Republican-Trump Tax Bill that offers a handout to the super wealthy. «It’s bad enough that the Republican-Trump Tax Bill will raise taxes on hardworking, middle class Rhode Island families, […]readmore
(This photo provided by Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug in the U.S. with a digital ingestion tracking system. Abilify MyCite (aripiprazole tablets with sensor) has an ingestible sensor embedded in the pill that records that the medication was taken. The product is approved for the treatment […]readmore
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that the company Udder Milk has been ordered to cease and desist its illegal sales of unpasteurized, raw milk following confirmation that a New Jersey woman who drank the company’s milk was infected with antibiotic-resistant brucellosis. Consumers would place orders online, and then meet drivers […]readmore
Providence, RI (November 14, 2017) – Providence City Councilman David Salvatore, Ward 14 will introduce two resolutions at Thursday’s City Council meeting to address the ongoing complaints from residents about the behavior and actions of college students living off-campus in Providences’ neighborhoods. The first resolution is to request that the General Assembly increase the penalties […]readmore
Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, today announced that the agency is in the process of completing its investigation into two events that occurred last Thursday, November 9, 2017: the theft of a State Police cruiser as well as an officer-involved shooting. […]readmore
Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, announces that a Providence resident faces multiple criminal charges after allegedly stealing a marked State Police cruiser early Thursday morning. Donald Morgan, 35, who has no permanent address, was arrested at approximately 7 p.m. Friday by […]readmore