Good Wednesday morning from Washington, where Congress is debating an education law and where another Republican has said he just might join the race for the White House. It is a crowded race, after all, where the full picture is hidden among polling numbers and money raised, and where a first crucial deadline is just […]Load more...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline today announced the introduction of the Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2015 to help ensure that sensitive personal information individuals share with corporations is kept secure from hackers and other malicious actors. “Today, consumers are providing more personal information than ever before to major companies. Consumers expect that this […]Load more...
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate today kicked off the body’s most significant education debate in more than a decade, and the Senators started by overwhelmingly approving a bipartisan amendment authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed. By a unanimous vote, the Senate passed a Reed amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act that would encourage states […]Load more...
The Rhode Island General Assembly today passed legislation by Sen. Erin P. Lynch and Rep. Arthur Handy to establish state standards for freshwater buffers and setbacks within Rhode Island’s wetlands The legislation (2015-H 5962 <http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText15/HouseText15/H596 2A.pdf> / 2015-S 0737A <http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText15/SenateText15/S07 37A.pdf> ) will streamline permitting processes and address gaps in wetland protections. The bill requires the establishment […]Load more...
The U.S. State Department says it cannot find 15 emails from Hillary Clinton during her time as the top U.S. diplomat. The agency said Thursday it discovered that former Secretary of State Clinton’s email records were incomplete after learning that longtime Clinton friend and confidante Sidney Blumenthal handed over several previously undisclosed emails to U.S. […]Load more...
WASHINGTON — The latest and possibly the last serious effort to cripple Obamacare through the courts has just failed. On Thursday, for the second time in three years, the Supreme Court rejected a major lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act — thereby preserving the largest expansion in health coverage since the creation of Medicare and […]Load more...
CAPITOL HILL — The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to once again advance legislation facilitating the approval of two blockbuster trade pacts spanning the Atlantic and the Pacific. The procedural 60-37 vote revives President Barack Obama’s trade agenda, which had been dealt a severe blow when Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which is often called «fast track,» stalled on […]Load more...
The Senate gave overwhelming approval Thursday to legislation that would establish a congressional review for a proposed nuclear deal with Iran, as Republican leaders set aside efforts from their own rank and file to amend the carefully crafted bipartisan compromise. On a 98-to-1 vote, the Senate lent a bipartisan boost to the measure — which […]Load more...
STATE HOUSE - On Thursday, May 7, the Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care honored Rep. Scott A. Slater (D-Dist. 10, Providence) under the State House rotunda. Rep. Slater was honored due to his tireless efforts in advocating for the hard working home health care professionals of the state. "It is fundamentally unfair that our […]Load more...
STATE HOUSE - On Thursday, May 7, the Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care honored Sen. Louis P. DiPalma (D-Dist. 12, Middletown, Newport, Little Compton, Tiverton) under the State House rotunda. Sen. DiPalma was honored due to his tireless efforts in advocating for the hard working home health care professionals of the state. "Our state's […]Load more...
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