PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Jorge Elorza today joined by a Department of Public Works pothole team, outlined efforts to aggressively and systematically repair potholes throughout the City of Providence with the #PVDPotholeHunt campaign that encourages the community to report potholes by utilizing the 3-1-1 hotline, the PVD311 mobile application, and an online pothole tracker. «Thanks […]readmore
STATE HOUSE – Putting Rhode Islanders back to work has been one of the General [cid:image004.jpg@01D17F87.097E9C20] Assembly’s key goals in recent years. Sen. Harold M. Metts, Rep. Joseph S. Almeida and Rep. Marvin L. Abney last week visited a program that is supporting that mission by preparing low-income Rhode Islanders for skilled jobs in the […]readmore
WASHINGTON – El congresista de EE.UU. David N. Cicilline (D -RI), un miembro del Comité Judicial, emitió hoy la siguiente declaración: «Felicito al Juez Merrick Garland por su nominación a la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos.» «Desde la fundación de nuestro país, la Corte Suprema ha tenido la última palabra sobre la protección de […]readmore
PROVIDENCE – Antes de que los ciudadanos de Rhode Island voten el 26 de abril en la Primaria de Preferencia Presidencia, la secretaria de etado Nellie M. Gorbea proveerá varias oportunidades para que alleyos votantes que no cuentan con una identificación fotográfica valida puedan obtener una tarjeta de identidad de votante GRATIS de parte departamento […]readmore
Councilor Cano, Women’s Groups Celebrate Women’s History Month at Old Slater Mill PAWTUCKET – Joined by Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea, the YWCA RI, Day One, Quota International, Women’s Fund of Rhode Island and members of the Pawtucket Police Department, Pawtucket City Councilor Sandra Cano, hosted a celebration of Women’s History Month at […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to ensure that Rhode Island’s emergency responders and their federal partners are prepared to react to a range of crises and security challenges — from plane crashes to natural disasters to a mass-shooting – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that the state is eligible for over $7 million […]readmore
Cranston – «The goal of the operations conducted by the Cranston Police Department, in concert with Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies, was to identify individuals profiting from trafficking young men and women for sex and to assist the victims in obtaining the resources they desperately need to escape a life of misery and […]readmore
Announced Project Utilizes Federal and State Grants to Connect Areas of Economic Activity PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Jorge Elorza today joined Governor Gina Raimondo, the Rhode Island Congressional Delegation, representatives from the Federal Transit Administration, RIPTA, RIDOT and community stakeholders to announce plans for a 1.4-mile Enhanced Transit Corridor in Downtown Providence. «This project is […]readmore
VOA News Turkish security officials said Monday that a woman who was a Kurdish militant was one of the two suspected suicide bombers who carried out the deadly blast in Ankara that killed at least 37 people and injured another 125. The authorities did not name the woman, but said she was born in 1992, lived […]readmore
NORTHERN IRAQ—An American member of Islamic State has surrendered to Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq, near the town of Sinjar. Sarbaz Hama Amin, a Kurdish Peshmerga commander in Iraq, told VOA his forces noticed the suspect while on patrol Monday. “Our Peshmergas who were patrolling the frontline said they saw something unusual and started […]readmore