This week, Mayor Donald R. Grebien and Northern RI Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President Paul L. Ouellette, toured the Red DWG Library, a co-working lounge for start-ups, entrepreneurs, and consultants. The Mayor toured shared office space, state-of-the art conference rooms, a lounge, dining area, and kitchen before sitting down with owners David and Kathleen […]readmore
Raimondo Takes Decisive Action to Address UHIP Challenges Governor replaces DHS, IT leadership, withholds millions from project vendor Deloitte PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo took decisive action today to address challenges related to the rollout of the state’s new health and human services eligibility computer system, announcing the resignations of Human Services (DHS) […]readmore
Governor replaces DHS, IT leadership, withholds millions from project vendor Deloitte PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo took decisive action today to address challenges related to the rollout of the state’s new health and human services eligibility computer system, announcing the resignations of Human Services (DHS) Director Melba Affigne Depeña and Chief Digital Officer Thom […]readmore
VOA NEWS ISTANBUL — Rather than uniting Turkey, the so-called Islamic State attack on an Istanbul nightclub, which killed 39 on New Year’s Day, appears to have only deepened societal divisions. Some social media posts have supported the attack, denigrating the revelers as decadent and anti-Islamic and therefore having gotten what they deserved. One theologian declared […]readmore
VOA NEWS Volkswagen AG, as part of a $4.3 billion settlement with U.S. regulators, on Wednesday agreed to sweeping reforms, new audits and oversight by an independent monitor for three years to resolve diesel emissions cheating investigations. Under the settlement of charges it installed secret software in U.S. vehicles to allow them to emit up […]readmore
VOA NEWS Volkswagen acordó pagar 4.000 millones de dólares por penas civiles y criminales por el escándalo de pruebas de emisiones. El Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos llegó a un acuerdo con el fabricante de automóviles alemán Volkswagen por cargos de que engañó al gobierno en sus pruebas de emisiones de combustible diesel. Al […]readmore
VOA NEWS The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday accused Fiat Chrysler of using hidden software to cheat on emissions tests for thousands of diesel vehicles. The software hid emissions of nitrogen oxide, allowing the vehicles to appear to comply with regulations set forth in the Clean Air Act, while still emitting more of the gas […]readmore
VOA NEWS Una coalición de grupos intercesores y abogados de inmigración de Arizona han solicitado que se declare en desacato a la Patrulla fronteriza por no proporcionar videos de vigilancia que muestran las condiciones en las que son retenidos los inmigrantes en ese estado. La demanda fue presentada originalmente en junio de 2015 y se […]readmore
VOA NEWS Los demócratas atribuyen la derrota de Hillary Clinton, en parte, a los anuncios del director del FBI, James Comey sobre el estatus de la investigación. El departamento de Justicia estadounidense investigará las acciones del FBI y de su propio departamento sobre los correos electrónicos de Hillary Clinton antes de las elecciones de noviembre de […]readmore
VOA NEWS WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department’s Inspector General announced Thursday that he will investigate the actions of the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during the 2016 presidential campaign. The stated intention is to determine how FBI Director James Comey and the deputy director handled the probe into Democrat Hillary Clinton’s use […]readmore