PROVIDENCE – On Tuesday, March 22, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, US Senator Jack Reed, Mayor Jorge Elorza of Providence, and Goldman Sachs President and COO Gary Cohn will announce the launch of the 10,000 Small Businesses program – which expands access to capital and access to practical business education for small businesses – in […]Load more...
Washington, DC – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse announced today that he will be accompanying President Barack Obama and his family for the first visit to Cuba by a sitting President in nearly nine decades. Congressman David Cicilline has also been invited. Whitehouse released the following statement regarding the trip: «Cutting diplomatic relations with Cuba more than […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Raimondo, along with business and education leaders, today called on the House Finance Committee to support an innovation campus bond question for the November ballot. «Rhode Island needs to skate to where the puck will be in the new economy,» Raimondo said. «This proposal will create unique opportunities that will foster […]Load more...
PAWTUCKET – The Pawtucket St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee hosted the annual Irish flag-raising at Pawtucket City Hall this afternoon. The flag-raising was preceded by a brief speaking program in the City Hall lobby where Master of Ceremonies Sean O’brien introduced Mayor Donald Grebien, who spoke of the contributions made by people of Irish heritage […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo has nominated Jennifer A. Griffith, Esq. to be the state’s new Child Advocate. Raimondo will submit her name to the Rhode Island State Senate today for advice and consent. «It’s no secret our Administration inherited many challenges with our child welfare services, and it’s clear our kids deserve […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, RI – (March 15, 2016) – Newly released results from a recent poll of Providence residents shows very strong support for state and local policies centered on healthy food access and physical activity. Nearly all voters say that healthy food options are important to have at local childcare programs (97%), hospitals (96%), […]Load more...
Pawtucket – While completing some recent upgrades to McCoy Stadium, the PawSox front office had determined a set of recently-purchased bleachers would need to be removed as the bleachers were slated to be replaced by new picnic-style tables. The team reached out to Pawtucket City officials stating that they would like to donate the bleachers […]Load more...
WASHINGTON – Como preocupaciones continúan creciendo con respecto a la seguridad y protección de la infraestructura de agua de los Estados Unidos, el Congresista David N. Cicilline (D -RI) conducido colegas en solicitar fondos federales que este año cuenta dirigir el Cuerpo de Ingenieros del ejército a priorizar sistemas de gestión de aguas residuales de […]Load more...
VOA News Russia’s defense ministry said more of its planes left Syria Wednesday, continuing its withdrawal as the U.N. held more indirect peace talks with Syria’s warring sides in Geneva. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry plans to travel to Moscow next week for talks with Russian Vladimir Putin about the drawdown and the new […]Load more...
Mary Alice Salinas WHITE HOUSE—President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge widely viewed as a centrist, to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant last month by the death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia.But a political storm was building at the U.S. Capitol, where the Republican-controlled Senate has insisted […]Load more...
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