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
Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, announces the arrest of a suspect in connection with the theft of a State Police cruiser on Thursday morning. The suspect, Donald Morgan, 35, of Providence, Rhode Island, was apprehended earlier tonight in Cumberland, Rhode Island, […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – La Gobernadora Gina M. Raimondo hoy presenta su mensaje seminal debajo: La semana pasada, me encontré en el tercer banco de una pequeña iglesia en South County para el servicio funeral del hijo de un querido amigo. Él hijo era un músico talentoso que murió después de una lucha con la adicción. […]readmore
BRISTOL, R.I., November 10, 2017 – New York Times columnist and reporter Dan Barry will visit Roger Williams University on Tuesday, Nov. 14, to discuss his Oct. 28 special report, “The Lost Children of Tuam,” a disturbing account of the historic mistreatment of unwed Irish mothers and their children. Barry’s talk represents that latest installment […]readmore