Partnership will enhance effort to close digital-skills gap for adult learners March 4, 2014 (Providence, R.I.) - The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE), in partnership with the Rhode Island Office of Digital Excellence, today announced that the Broadband Rhode Island (BBRI) digital literacy training curriculum will be implemented statewide in adult education programs. For […]Load more...
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Education Commissioner Gist Testifies Regarding Educator Excellence Speaks Before Congressional
RI – In a Congressional hearing on Thursday (February 27, 2014), Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist emphasized the important role educator-preparation programs play as part of the ongoing work in Rhode Island toward ensuring educator excellence. «To teach successfully, graduates of our preparation programs need to know their subject, know how to reach a diverse […]Load more...
RI – The Rhode Island State Police is seeking honest, intelligent, hard working, and dedicated men and women to apply for the next Rhode Island State Police Training Academy. Service in the Rhode Island State Police requires active, intelligent people whose reputations are above reproach. High moral, mental, and physical standards are demanded and maintained. […]Load more...
RI – Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces that as a result of an ongoing effort to ensure the safety of the motoring public by removing impaired operators from our roadways, a total of eight individuals were arrested for Driving Under the Influence of […]Load more...
For the year of 2013, Rhode Island had the second worst unemployment rate in the country at 9.5 percent. Only Nevada came first with an unemployment rate of 9.8 percent. These figures are according to revised state-by-state figures released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. For nearly the entire year, Nevada maintained an […]Load more...
Three children are lucky to be alive after they fell through the ice on a pond in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. A neighbor who lives nearby said he saw the children playing and warned them about the dangers of falling in. A few seconds later, he was calling 911. He brought the children to his […]Load more...
The Rhode Island Department of Health is reporting that both Rhode Island Hospital and Roger Williams Medical Center are working to notify patients who may have been exposed to measles. On February 25, a man was treated at Roger Williams Medical Center for a sore throat and fever. He was then seen on the 28th at […]Load more...
On Sunday morning, one man was stabbed to death and his brother sustained minor injuries on Federal Hill in Providence. Police have one suspect in custody and are looking for additional suspects. The suspect in custody was identified as Eric Souza, 29, of Assonet, Massachusetts. The victims in the double stabbing were found in the […]Load more...
New data released by the Latino Policy Institute (LPI) at Roger Williams University and HousingWorks RI reveals a persistent housing cost burden for Latino renter households in Rhode Island. The new infographic measures the decreased purchasing power facing these Latino households by quantifying the amount of money being spent on housing. Three quarters of Latino households in Rhode Island rent, compared to […]Load more...
BOSTON - Friday, February 28, 2014 - The Patrick Administration today launched one of the nation's first state-funded urban farming initiatives, awarding $200,000 in grants for urban farm pilot projects in Boston, Everett, Lawrence, Lowell, Somerville, Springfield and Worcester. "Urban agriculture is an important, developing component of the Massachusetts food system," said Energy and Environmental […]Load more...