VOA NEWS Fue nombrado hijo adoptivo y honrado como un líder que ha cumplido sus promesas. El presidente de Estados Unidos Barack Obama fue honrado el lunes por las tribus indígenas del país, como un hijo adoptivo y un líder que ha cumplido sus promesas. Durante la octava Conferencia Anual de Naciones Tribales de la […]readmore
El FBI dio a conocer estadísticas sobre el crimen y delitos en 2015. Los crímenes violentos han aumentado en 3,9 por ciento en Estados Unidos el año pasado, pero funcionarios del FBI dicen que el número de ofensas continua muy lejos de las máximas de los años noventa. Luego de dos años de declinación en […]readmore
Office of Innovation launches Rhode Island Open Textbook Initiative LPR News Special Report Chief Innovation Officer Richard Culatta PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Responding to concerns college students have raised about the rising cost of textbooks being a barrier to a degree, Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced a new challenge today, led by the Governor’s Office of […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea today unveiled www.rivotes.org, a mobile-optimized website aimed at increasing voter participation among Rhode Islanders between the ages of 18 and 35 – an age group commonly referred to as Millennials. Nationally, Millennials now represent about 31% of the electorate, but turnout among this younger age group […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The State of Rhode Island, the City of Pawtucket, and the Pawtucket Red Sox today announced they have selected architectural design firm Pendulum Studio II, LLC to study McCoy Stadium, the 74-year-old home of the PawSox. The contract – which was awarded upon the unanimous agreement of the State, the City, and […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo will join Rhode Island College President Frank Sánchez, and Chief Innovation Officer Richard Culatta tomorrow to announce a statewide Open Textbook Initiative.The Rhode Island Open Textbook Initiative challenges higher education institutions around the state to move toward openly licensed teaching materials over five years.readmore
LINCOLN, R.I., Sept. 26, 2016 – Amica Insurance has once again received the “Highest Customer Satisfaction Among National Homeowners Insurers” ranking in the J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Home Insurance StudySM. This marks the 15th year in a row that Amica has finished in the top spot. Amica’s score of 864 (on a 1,000-point scale) is […]readmore
Pawtucket – Mayor Donald R. Grebien and Senior Liaison Beth Roberge announced today that the Pawtucket’s Youth to Senior Shoveling Program will begin accepting requests from Pawtucket seniors to be placed on the list to be matched with a snow shoveling volunteer for this winter on October 1st. After another successful season last year matching […]readmore
PROVIDENCE – On Tuesday, September 27th at 9:15 a.m. members of the Providence Public Safety Department – Providence Emergency Management Agency, the Providence Police Department, the Providence Fire Department and the Communications Department will conduct an evacuation drill of City Hall. The primary goal of the drill will be to safely evacuate City Hall in […]readmore
RI – September is National Preparedness month and the Pawtucket/Central Falls (PCF) Emergency Management Agency (EMA), in partnership with the Federal Emergency Mangement Agency’s (FEMA) America’s PrepareAthon Campaign, is promoting the CodeRED emergency notification system. CodeRED is a FREE emergency notification service provided to all residents within Rhode Island that will notify you of emergency […]readmore