VOA News After being released from Iran as part of a prisoner swap, a group of Americans got to meet Monday with family and supporters who spent months and years following their cases from afar and advocating for their release. Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian met with senior editors from the newspaper at a U.S. […]readmore
Carolyn Presutti, Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will hear a case challenging President Barack Obama’s plan to protect more than 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation and allow them to work legally in the United States. The president’s executive order was aimed at deferring deportation of parents of American-born children and […]readmore
January 19th, 2015 #innovateRI Rhode Island Innovates Metropolitan Policy Program Slater Mill 1793 The Beginning of the Industrial Revolution Blurring Distinction Between Manufacturing and Services Relentless Pace of Technological Change “Digitization of Everything” 2016 R&D-intensive industries that concentrate the nation’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. A M E R I C W H […]readmore
La Corte Suprema de Justicia de Estados Unidos dijo este martes que ha admitido estudiar el recurso legal contra la orden ejecutiva del presidente Obama sobre migración decretada el año pasado. La orden ejecutiva garantizaría la protección contra la deportación de casi 5 millones de inmigrantes que entraron al país de manera indocumentada. El recurso […]readmore
VOA News The United States is looking for three U.S. contractors who were reportedly kidnapped in Baghdad. Iraqi and U.S. officials say the company for whom the three are working went missing two days ago. There are no details on their identities or what their jobs are in Iraq, but many different companies are working […]readmore
Senators Call for Action to Reduce Student Loan Debt and Help Families Pay for College Providence, RI – Friday, at Roger Williams University’s campus in Providence, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse sat down with Rhode Island students and graduates to talk about the climbing costs of higher education and how student debt-which has skyrocketed […]readmore
BOSTON – Department of Energy Resources (DOER) Commissioner Judith Judson announced today at the New England International Auto Show that the Baker-Polito Administration is adding $2 million in funding to DOER’s electric vehicle (EV) rebate program. «Electric vehicles are a vital component of our Global Warming Solutions Act commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in […]readmore
WASHINGTON – Secretary Sally Jewell announced today that the Interior Department will launch a comprehensive review to identify and evaluate potential reforms to the federal coal program in order to ensure that it is properly structured to provide a fair return to taxpayers and reflect its impacts on the environment, while continuing to help meet […]readmore
Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the bipartisan U.S. Senate Oceans Caucus, Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), have welcomed seven new members to the Caucus, bringing the group’s membership to 30. The new members include Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Richard Burr (R-NC), Rob […]readmore
PAWTUCKET, RI – The National Park Service (NPS) is commemorating its 100th anniversary this year, and to celebrate, entrance fees will be waived at all national parks on 16 special days in 2016. The first fee-free day is this coming Monday, January 18, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The other entrance fee-free […]readmore