WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to release approximately $609.43 million to states through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) means an additional $4.5 million will be made available to Rhode Island. This funding, in addition to the […]readmore
Providence, RI —TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, and the Arbor Day Foundation announced that the City of Providence Department of Parks and Recreation will receive a $20,000 grant from TD Green Streets to support innovative urban greening and tree-planting projects along Huntington Avenue. The grant is being managed by the Forestry Division in partnership […]readmore
Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, announces that members of the State Police Financial Crimes Unit today arrested a Warwick lawyer who had been disbarred last summer after self-reporting the theft of more than $1.2 million from clients. Vincent J. Mitchell, age […]readmore
Rep. Robert Nardolillo III (R-Dist. 28 Coventry) is upset over the recent court case involving an Exeter man convicted on two counts of animal cruelty. Police raided the home of an Exeter man in December and found nearly 100 animals living in unsanitary conditions including dogs, chickens, ducks, rabbits, and goats. Last week the man […]readmore
STATE HOUSE — House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan (R-District 26 Coventry, Warwick, W. Warwick) continues to call on the Rhode Island Office of Attorney General to release nearly $23 million in Google settlement funds to upgrade security in Rhode Island schools. “The Office of Attorney General was given $60 million in 2012 as part of […]readmore
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Rep. Lancia Raises Concerns about Relocating Psychiatric Patients to the
STATE HOUSE — Rep. Robert Lancia (R-Dist. 16, Cranston) is alarmed about plans to move some of the most dangerous psychiatric patients in Rhode Island to the Training School in Cranston. The Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH) has been renovating the Roosevelt Benton Center at the Training School with plans to […]readmore
VOA News/Lisa Bryant PARIS — After laying out a dazzling Bastille Day parade and an Eiffel Tower dinner complete with stunning Paris vistas, French President Emmanuel Macron can expect return treatment when he heads to Washington Monday, for the first official state visit of Donald Trump’s presidency. But along with dining at the historic landmark of […]readmore
VOA News Several former U.S. presidents will be among the hundreds of mourners to pay their respects Saturday to former first lady Barbara Bush, who died Tuesday at the age of 92. She was the wife of the 41st U.S. president, George H.W. Bush, and the mother of George W. Bush, the country’s 43rd president. […]readmore
Voz de América Miles de estudiantes en todo Estados Unidos conmemoran el décimo noveno aniversario de la masacre en la Escuela Secundaria Columbine el viernes al abandonar las clases, en una muestra de unidad destinada a presionar a los políticos para que promulguen leyes más estrictas contra la posesión de armas. Se espera que los […]readmore
Voz de América WASHINGTON — El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos dio a conocer el viernes su informe anual sobre Derechos Humanos en el cual destaca que Venezuela se está transformando cada vez más en una nación más autoritaria. El secretario de estado interino John Sullivan, presentó el documento, destacando los países del mundo que […]readmore