Proposal Invests in Growth to Build a New Rhode Island Economy PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today submitted her Fiscal Year 2017 budget. Rhode Island created more than 8,000 jobs last year, the most created in a single year since 2000, and our unemployment rate fell more than any other state in the […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI — General Treasurer Seth Magaziner has been selected to serve as the 2016 Chairman of the Financial Literacy Committee for the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST). «As Treasurer, supporting the financial well-being of all Rhode Islanders is among my top priorities. So I’m honored to take a leadership role in the effort […]readmore
DES MOINES, IOWA – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz beat billionaire Donald Trump in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucus Monday, dealing a big upset to the national front-runner in the race to be their party’s White House nominee in this year’s election.Cruz, a conservative lawmaker from Texas, won with 28 percent of the vote, compared to 24 percent […]readmore
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate approved overwhelmingly legislation, introduced by Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) that would increase collaboration among private industry, universities, and national laboratories to facilitate the development of advanced nuclear technologies. The vote of 87 to 4 to approve the amendment makes it a part of a […]readmore
VOA News The U.S. State Department said Friday that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s unsecured home server contained several email chains with top-secret information and that those emails would be withheld from public release. Spokesman John Kirby said the material includes seven email chains totaling 37 pages. He said those and other emails from […]readmore
Steve Baragona WASHINGTON—As the U.S. presidential election cycle goes into high gear, and polls become a constant staple of media coverage, experts say it has become harder to gauge who will win the race. They point to past pre-election surveys that did not accurately predict the outcome. They note that Mitt Romney beat Barack Obama […]readmore
Reuters WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders had a rare Oval Office meeting on Wednesday with President Barack Obama, days after Obama praised Hillary Clinton, Sanders’ rival and front-runner in the race to be the Democratic presidential candidate in the Nov. 8 election.Emerging from the White House after an hour, Sanders said the meeting was «constructive» and […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier Donald Trump, the leading Republican contender in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, says he is boycotting the last candidates’ debate before next week’s first election contest in the farm state of Iowa. Trump, the billionaire real estate developer who has surged to the top in surveys of Republican voters, said he will skip […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier Former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders are locked in a tight Democratic presidential nominating contest in Iowa, the latest survey in the farm state showed Wednesday. Quinnipiac University said Sanders, who calls himself an independent socialist Democrat, is winning the support of 49 percent of Democrats likely […]readmore
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), who has advocated for the re-enactment of Rhode Island’s Good Samaritan Law, issued the following statement: “Addiction to heroin and other opiates represents the largest public health crisis we’ve seen in decades. Overdose deaths have more than doubled since 1999, devastating families of all different backgrounds in […]readmore