PROVIDENCE, RI: Community, along with company and education, has long been one of Trinity Rep’s three core values, but recently the organization, which was founded in 1963, is expanding its commitment to that principle. Through the addition of staff and inclusion in a prestigious international pilot program, Trinity Rep’s community engagement efforts strive toward fulfilling […]readmore
VOA News/Jeff Seldin WASHINGTON — When U.S. voters go to the polls Nov. 6 to cast their ballots in the midterm elections, they can be confident everything will work as it should, at least for now, the secretary of homeland security said Tuesday. Kirstjen Nielsen, speaking at The Washington Post’s 2018 Cybersecurity Summit, said the country’s election infrastructure, […]readmore
VOA News/Jeff Seldin As U.S. voters prepare to go to the polls for the November 6 midterm elections, federal, state and local officials are preparing, too. But whereas many voters are considering which candidates to support, government officials are doing all they can to make sure everyone who is eligible can cast a ballot and […]readmore
VOA/Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE — Americans across the country heard their cellphones simultaneously sound an alarm on Wednesday as the federal government tested, for the first time, its presidential wireless emergency alert system. Authorities assured the public in advance this was only a test, but in a real national emergency — such as the detection of […]readmore
VOA/Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE — It is the biggest-ever and the best trade deal in the world – that’s how U.S. President Donald Trump and members of his administration are touting a new trade pact they have reached with neighbors Canada and Mexico. “This landmark agreement will send cash and jobs pouring into the United States […]readmore
VOA/Masood Farivar WASHINGTON — In years past, Democrats largely steered clear of campaigning on gun control for fear of alienating voters in conservative districts. That line of thinking appears to have changed in the wake of recent mass killings, including a deadly shooting at a Florida high school in February. From Florida to Republican-leaning Southern California, […]readmore
VOA/Masood Farivar WASHINGTON — Why is the FBI conducting the probe? All presidential appointees undergo a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background check — called a Special Inquiry (SPIN) — before their names are sent to the Senate for confirmation. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had undergone six such checks as part of previous government appointments. […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – La Secretaria de Estado Nellie M. Gorbea le recuerda a los residentes de Rhode Island elegibles para votar que tienen hasta el domingo 7 de octubre para inscribirse para votar en las elecciones generales del 6 de noviembre. A los votantes que se han mudado o se han cambiado sus nombres desde […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI — Educators at the Groden Center schools in Providence and Coventry announce plans to strike for three days beginning on Tuesday to demand safer classrooms for their students and living wages for staff, and in protest of management’s Unfair Labor Practices, if no tentative agreement is reached prior to the strike deadline. “We love […]readmore
Chancellor Robert E. Johnson hosts community, Portuguese government, and university officials to celebrate global education partnership On September 28, 2018, officials from Portugal’s Camões Institute, the lead Portuguese government unit responsible for the internationalization of higher education, visited UMass Dartmouth to extend a partnership agreement between the two institutions for two more years. Chancellor Robert E. […]readmore
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