Cranston- Mayor Fung announced that Cranston High School Students from West and East will assist qualified Cranston residents age 55+ who are on a fixed income and receiving one or more of the following resources (SNAP, Heating Assistance, Medicaid, etc.); has no family assistance; has a debilitating health condition (such as heart disease, on oxygen, […]readmore
VOA NEWS Ken Bredemeier Former U.S. President Bill Clinton made his first solo campaign appearance Monday for his wife, Hillary, the former U.S. secretary of state who is the leading 2016 Democratic presidential contender. The country’s 42nd president, whose two terms in office enveloped most of the 1990s, told several hundred voters at a political […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – As part of her continued efforts to build healthy communities and showcase our state’s beauty to the world, Governor Gina M. Raimondo today established the Rhode Island Outdoor Recreation Council. The council will be responsible for increasing awareness about the use and enjoyment of recreational and environmental assets. Raimondo was joined by […]readmore
VOA News Last updated on: January 04, 2016 U.S. President Barack Obama is meeting Monday with his top law enforcement officials ahead of his expected announcement of executive orders tightening federal gun control regulations. Obama is bringing Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey and others to the White House to […]readmore
VOA News A new U.S. survey shows that nearly half of Americans are angrier at current events than they were a year ago, with whites, Republicans and women the most outraged. Overall, the NBC News/Survey Monkey/Esquire online poll released Sunday said that 49 percent of Americans found themselves feeling angrier about the news in 2015. […]readmore
VOA News U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is dismissing his persona being featured in a recruitment video made by the Somali militant group al-Shabab. In the video, which was released Friday, Trump was shown at a campaign rally in the southern state of South Carolina last month reading a statement calling on the United States […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today marked the increase of Rhode Island’s minimum hourly wage from $9.00 to $9.60. In addition, the minimum rate paid to tipped workers increased from $2.89 to $3.39. «When I was sworn into office, it was clear that we needed to make work pay,» Raimondo said. «Many Rhode […]readmore
Jim Malone December 31, 2015 The 2016 U.S. presidential campaign is about to kick into overdrive only a month before the first votes are counted in Iowa. Contenders from both parties will ramp up their campaign activities early in January, with a heavy focus on the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South […]readmore
Rhode Island – Dennis Andrew Ball candidato a la presidencia de los Estados Unidos ofrecio una conferencia de prensa el miércoles a las 11am en el primer piso de la Casa Estatal de Rhode Island. Ball candidato del American Party of America dice tener la respuesta para el problema con la inmigración. El ofrece una […]readmore
Michael Bowman December 27, 2015 WASHINGTON—Americans witnessed a rarity at the end of 2015: a functioning Congress that enacted major legislation with bipartisan support. For 2016, Republican leaders in both chambers are promising a return to the traditional legislative procedures under which Congress operated decades ago – an intention that will be tested in an […]readmore