PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo has made the following statement regarding President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement: «I am deeply disappointed that the President has decided to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. Republicans and Democrats alike recognize that the Paris Agreement is about so […]readmore
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI), Energy Task Force Chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement: “President Trump’s ill-considered decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement puts the future of our entire planet at […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – At a surprise ceremony today, Governor Gina Raimondo and Commissioner of Education Ken Wagner announced the selection of Kristin Hayes-Leite as the 2018 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year. Hayes-Leite has been a social studies teacher at Narragansett High School for the past 16 years, and currently serves as Social Studies Department […]readmore
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Central Falls, Providence, and Woonsocket to receive federal brownfield funds to cleanup & redevelop blighted properties PROVIDENCE, RI - U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced $925,000 in federal funding to help Central Falls, Providence, and Woonsocket clean and redevelop contaminated former industrial sites. The U.S. Environmental […]readmore
The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation (RICC), in partnership with the University of Rhode Island (URI), is inviting interested partners to begin sharing concepts and ideas for an Innovation Campus in preparation for an RFP to be released later this year. The Commerce Corporation has issued an Invitation for Expressions of Interest, with the goal of […]readmore
Colonel Michael Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, announces the beginning of recruitment for police officers. This recruitment effort will be the first time that the Department will be using a new on-line portal when accepting applications. The use of Policeapp.com will allow people seeking a career in law enforcement to be able to […]readmore