RI – Governor Gina M. Raimondo and General Treasurer Seth Magaziner will join with Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien and Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank CEO Jeffrey Diehl to announce $17.2 million in financing for energy efficiency and renewable-energy projects in Pawtucket and five other communities, with a robust pipeline of future demand. The first round […]readmore
PAWTUCKET – To help people keep cool and safe in the current wave of intense heat, Mayor Donald Grebien is notifying residents of the locations of «cooling shelters» at the Blackstone Valley Visitor Center, the Pawtucket Police Station, Pawtucket Public Library, the Leon Mathieu Senior Center, Kennedy Manor and St. Germain Manor. These cooling shelters […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier A new batch of U.S. State Department emails from Hillary Clinton’s earliest days as secretary of state in 2009 shows close connections between the country’s top diplomatic agency and the charitable Clinton Foundation that she founded with her husband, former President Bill Clinton. Clinton, now the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate and leading in […]readmore
Chris Hannas, Wayne Lee VOA News WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Justice says the police department in the eastern city of Baltimore, Maryland, violated the Constitution and federal anti-discrimination laws by systemically engaging in a pattern of illegal stops, searches, arrests and use of excessive force, particularly against the city’s African-American population.»Public trust is critical to effective […]readmore
VOA News A few hundred people gathered for a moment of silence on Tuesday at the spot in the central U.S. city of Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown was killed by a police officer two years ago. Later Tuesday, a few dozen people marched in protest, sometimes blocking traffic and chanting «no justice, no peace.» […]readmore
PAWTUCKET – As Rhode Island families get ready for the start of the 2016-2017 school year, U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) is encouraging students who reside or attend school in the First Congressional District to take part in the 2016 Congressional App Challenge by designing an app for mobile, tablet, or personal computers on […]readmore
VOA News Officials in Texas say a baby whose mother traveled to El Salvador while pregnant has died shortly after birth, in a case attributed to the Zika virus. Dr. Umair Shah, executive director of Harris County Public Health, announced Tuesday that the infant, who died a few weeks ago, had microcephaly, a medical condition […]readmore
VOA News U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will travel next week to Serbia and Kosovo, where the government recently named a highway after one of the vice president’s sons. Beau Biden, who died May 30, 2015, of brain cancer at age 46, served a stint in 2001 as an interim legal adviser in post-war Kosovo. […]readmore
Joshua Fatzick VOA NEWS Wednesday marks the fifth day of the 2016 Rio Olympics, and with medal rounds in several high-profile sports, it could prove to be an eventful one. Led by Olympic veteran Michael Phelps and rising star Katie Ledecky, Team USA looks to continue its dominance in swim events Wednesday with at least […]readmore
RI – Reporters ask the Governor about Curt Schilling, “So Curt Schilling is in the news again; he said he wants to run for elected office. What is your initial thought on that? Governor responds “He will have to make that decision. Schilling who left Rhode Island taxpayers on the hook for a $75-million state-loan […]readmore