WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, joined a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in rejecting, by a vote of 185 to 234, an amendment from Congressman Scott Perry (R-PA) to strike Langevin’s language recognizing climate change as a national security threat in the […]readmore
Cultural Survival Bazaars feature Indigenous art, crafts, and music Tiverton, RI (July 2017) – On Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, July 30, Cultural Survival, a nonprofit organization based in Cambridge, MA, will hold its annual Indigenous arts Bazaar at the Four Corners Arts Center in Tiverton. This festival will highlight Indigenous artists, musicians, and performers […]readmore
CVS Health to Fund Opioid Center of Excellence in Woonsocket PROVIDENCE, RI – In the last 8 years, more than 1,800 Rhode Islanders have died as the result of an overdose, one of the highest overdose rates in America. CVS Health CEO Larry Merlo and Governor Gina M. Raimondo today announced a partnership to open […]readmore
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Representative Jim Langevin joined Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03); Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development Ranking Member Susan Davis (CA-53); House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD-05); and Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) and Jared Huffman (CA-02) in introducing the Improving Access to Higher Education Act. This bill […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza will join BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) Chief Executive Officer Lauren Sanchez Gilbert Ed.D., Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness Dan Dobin, and summer program students, known as scholars, at Young Woods Elementary School to declare Thursday, July 13, 2017 Summer Learning Day. Press is invited to tour […]readmore
HITE HOUSE — U.S. President Donald Trump’s eldest son said Tuesday he did not tell his father about a meeting with a Russian lawyer last year, and also dismissed charges of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia as «ridiculous.» U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated Wednesday his belief that questions about links between his presidential […]readmore
SCITUATE, RI — Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of Public Safety, announces that members of the Rhode Island State Police Detective Division arrested a Coventry woman in connection with an investigation into a fatal hit-and-run pedestrian crash that occurred on July 3, 2017, on South Road in […]readmore
