VOA News/Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is resigning. «It has been an honor of a lifetime,» said Haley, sitting alongside President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, where on Tuesday they announced her pending departure. «I’m not leaving until the end of the year.» «We will miss you,» […]readmore
Providence Mayoral candidate Dianne “Dee Dee” Witman called the closure of the Nordstrom store at the Providence Place Mall “another hit to the City of Providence.” Nordstrom, which has served as an anchor tenant for the mall since 1999 will close its Providence location following the holiday season. Once the only Nordstrom location in […]readmore
State Representative Robert B. Lancia (District 16 Cranston) continues to call for the State to end the unfair taxation of items used in funeral rituals, despite the unwarranted refusal of House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello to allow passage of Lancia’s bipartisan bill. “This is yet one more example of unfairly taxing the people of this […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – This evening, Governor Raimondo will attend a graduation ceremony for 10,000 Small Businesses, an innovative program she’s brought to Rhode Island that has helped more than 200 Rhode Island small business owners create jobs and economic opportunity by providing greater access to education, capital and business support services. Since taking office, Governor […]readmore
Today, the Fung Campaign released their new ad ‘Change’ [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAyfk9OSHsA[/embedyt]readmore
NORTH SMITHFIELD, RI – The Rhode Island Manufacturers Association (RIMA) released a statement today announcing the organization’s first-ever endorsement of a political candidate, throwing their weight behind the re-election effort of Governor Gina Raimondo. A non-partisan business advocacy organization, RIMA cited the Governor’s track record of support for pro-manufacturing initiatives and policies and her success in helping to […]readmore
VOA News/Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, is resigning. «It has been an honor of a lifetime,» said Haley, sitting alongside President Donald Trump in the Oval Office where they announced her pending departure on Tuesday. «I’m not leaving until the end of the year.» «We will miss […]readmore
Calls on Whitehouse to Release Full Chronology of Interactions with False Rape Accuser Jeffrey Catalan of Tiverton WARWICK, RI- As the full Senate prepares to vote on the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh this weekend, Senate candidate Bob Flanders charges Senator Sheldon Whitehouse with abusing his seat on the Senate judiciary Committee, and with disgracing his […]readmore
LINCOLN, RI – Lt. Governor Dan McKee joined with Lincoln Town Administrator Joseph Almond and Bernard Georges, Founder and CEO of New Bridges for Haitian Success, to announce the donation of an ambulance and 10 sets of rescue gear to Belle-Anse, a Haitian community without a hospital or emergency transportation. The Town of Lincoln worked with […]readmore
The endorsement comes as part of the Giffords #VoteCourage Campaign to elect gun reform candidates nationwide Washington, DC — Giffords, the gun safety organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Captain Mark Kelly, announced its endorsement of David Cicilline in Rhode Island’s first congressional district. Statement from former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, co-founder of Giffords: […]readmore