Funding Will Help 24 Communities Develop Parks and Outdoor Recreation Space BOSTON – December 12, 2016 – The Baker-Polito Administration today announced $7,259,512 in grant funding for park and recreation improvements in 24 Massachusetts communities. The grants, administered through the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ (EEA) Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities (PARC) […]readmore
BOSTON – December 12, 2016 – State environmental officials today announced that the Department of Fish and Game’s (DFG) Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) was awarded a $179,620 Forest and Rivers Grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). The grant will enable DER to increase the pace of replacing undersized culverts in the […]readmore
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Senate Democratic Leader-elect, Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services released the following joint statement today in response […]readmore
Interview of First Gentleman Andy Moffit on LPRreadmore
Saturday morning at about 1:20 a.m., State Police from the Athol barracks responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash on Route 2 in Templeton at the Otter River Road overpass which resulted in the death of two women. Preliminary investigation by Trooper Emily Todisco indicates that a 2010 Mercedes was traveling on Route 2 […]readmore
Two RI men killed in Fall River crash Sunday morning at about 1:35 a.m., State Police from the Dartmouth barracks responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash on Route 24 in Fall River south of exit 8A which resulted in the death of two men. Preliminary investigation by Trooper Antone Pereira indicates that a […]readmore
Program helping students get head start on higher education All students are eligible to apply Andy is encouraging parents to enroll their kids in Prepare RI programs now. These opportunities allow kids to earn college credits while still in high school for free- an awesome way to get a head start on higher education. I […]readmore
Senate Armed Services Committee plans to hold inquiry in new year on Russian cyberthreats to U.S. military and other institutions vital to national security WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the White House announced that President Barack Obama has ordered a full review into Russian hacking to potentially influence the 2016 U.S. election, U.S. Senator Jack […]readmore
RI – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island (ACLU) and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ) have today filed a class action lawsuit over the state’s ongoing, critical, and widespread failure to timely provide food stamp benefits to needy families due in large part to its transition to a new, […]readmore
U.S. Senate approves Reed-backed Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act WASHINGTON, DC – Five years after U.S. Senator Jack Reed first called for a national strategy to combat Lyme disease, Congress passed the Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act. The bipartisan legislation, backed by Reed and U.S Senators Richard […]readmore