Providence, RI – On Monday, U.S. Congressman David Cicilline and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will join with the Providence After School Alliance (PASA) to call on the U.S. Department of Education to use Rhode Island’s after-school success as a model when implementing the new national K-12 education law. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which overhauls […]readmore
WOONSOCKET, RI – In an effort to strengthen child care for working families with young children, U.S. Senator Jack Reed will announce significant new increases in federal funding for Rhode Island preschool and early childhood learning programs. Tomorrow, February 26 at 11:00 a.m., Reed will join with Rhode Island KIDS COUNT and early childhood learning […]readmore
STATE HOUSE – Sen. Frank A. Ciccone III held a press conference in the State House rotunda on Feb. 24 concerning legislation he sponsored that would allow the Department of Motor Vehicles (RIDMV) to issue driving privilege licenses and permits to applicants unable to establish lawful presence in the United States. The licenses and permit […]readmore
VOA News All those selfies may turn out to be useful after all. Credit card company MasterCard says its customers could soon use selfie photos (and a fingerprint) instead of passwords to make payments online. The company thinks a biometric system that could read a photo of your face would be more secure and could […]readmore
Associated Press WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is moving ahead with a major project to learn how to better tailor treatments and preventive care to people’s genes, environment and lifestyle. As part of the Precision Medicine Initiative, the National Institutes of Health plans to be gathering data from at least 1 million volunteers by 2019, work that […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier The White House is vetting Republican Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval for the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, sources familiar with the process said Wednesday. Sandoval met with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Monday while the governor was in Washington for the National Governors Association meeting. A […]readmore
VOA News For the past 84 years, an exemption in U.S. law allowed the import of goods produced by slaves and others forced into labor, including children, as long as demand exceeded supply. In two weeks, that will be illegal. President Barack Obama signed a trade bill Wednesday that includes a provision closing a loophole […]readmore
Smita Nordwall Apple says the FBI has asked it to unlock more than a dozen iPhones in the last five months, reinforcing the tech giant’s argument that the FBI’s request in the San Bernardino massacre case will lead to further demands. In recently unsealed court documents, Apple’s lawyers revealed the company has received demands to […]readmore
Assistant Professor of Photography Sarah Malakoff to discuss her recent work at ARNIE Talk March 9 In her work as a photographer, UMass Dartmouth College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) Assistant Professor Sarah Malakoff sees a deep connection between the ordinary elements which fill our living spaces and the outside world. Assistant Professor Malakoff […]readmore
Rhode Island – Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces that on Wednesday, February 24, 2016, members of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force arrested Korey Santangelo, age: 24, of 71 Harbour Avenue, West Warwick, Rhode Island on multiple Firearm and Narcotic […]readmore