(Nueva York, NY – febrero del 2018) La Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA y el Hispanic Health Network, anunció que se unirá a Compassion and Choices en la campaña para que se autorice la Ley de Ayuda Médica Para Morir de Nueva York (S.3151/A.2383) lo más pronto posible. El proyecto de ley daría a los […]Load more...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative Jim Langevin (D-RI) joined his colleagues on the Congressional Task Force on Election Security to unveil their final report, which includes ten specific recommendations on what the federal government and states can and should be doing to secure our nation’s elections. Russia’s unprecedented interference with the country’s elections in 2016 […]Load more...
Brown University/UNC-Chapel Hill researchers cite Rhode Island Department of Corrections program as driving force to decrease post-incarceration deaths PROVIDENCE, RI – A new study by researchers from Brown University and UNC-Chapel Hill has found that an addiction treatment program for inmates that Governor Gina M. Raimondo launched in 2016 is linked to a 61 percent […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE (February 14, 2018)…The Rhode Island Superior Court on Monday upheld an amendment to the Providence zoning ordinance that limits student housing in residential neighborhoods. In 2015, City Council Majority Whip, Jo-Ann Ryan (Ward 5), introduced an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance that placed a limit on the number of students that could live in […]Load more...
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, who led the effort to establish the Housing Trust Fund (HTF) and the Capital Magnet Fund (CMF) and who is a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, issued the following statement: “I thank the Federal Housing Finance Agency for exercising its independent authority pursuant to the […]Load more...
STATE HOUSE — Rep. Robert Lancia (R-Dist. 16, Cranston) is calling for immediate action after allegations of severe understaffing at the state’s 911 call center. Rep. Lancia received an anonymous tip claiming that the 911 office is dangerously understaffed to handle the number of calls coming in. Staffing numbers have dropped below the previous minimum […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE: The Nellie Mae Education Foundation has awarded Providence Public Schools a $252,000 grant to extend its efforts in learner-centered, personalized learning in four district high schools. The grant fund “Supporting and Developing Student-Centered Teachers and Administrators at Scale” empowers educators and administrators to play a leading role in the implementation of personalized learning within […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE: Providence Public School District today announced the adoption of the No Bully program (www.nobully.org) in seven of its elementary and middle schools. The program, which uses the power of empathy to stop and prevent student bullying, is made possible through the generosity of Hasbro, Inc. and its BE FEARLESS BE KIND philanthropic initiative. BE […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, RI – The ACLU of Massachusetts and the ACLU of Rhode Island have announced the release of Lilian Calderon, a Rhode Island mother who was detained last month by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Calderon has lived in the United States since she was brought across the border at the age of three, and […]Load more...
WASHINGTON, DC – Five months after the Trump Administration created an economic and humanitarian crisis by terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the Senate Majority Leader is finally letting the Senate move forward with an immigration debate this week. U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging his Senate colleagues to come together and […]Load more...