STAMFORD, Conn. (Jan. 25, 2018) – RecycleMania, the premier collegiate recycling competition managed by national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful, is back for its 18th year as college and university campuses across the country compete to see who will claim the championship title in the fight to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost the most on campus. […]readmore
BOSTON – The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate is launching two new educational programs that will allow students to more thoroughly understand how government works and experience how finding common ground plays an important role in legislating effectively. The programs – Pathways to Citizenship and Conference Committee – provide the opportunity […]readmore
WASHINGTON— The recent revelations of changes made to student grades and attendance records at the District of Columbia’s Ballou High School—changes intended to present a rosier picture than reality—represent not an isolated case but a systemwide problem, according to a Washington Teachers Union-EmpowerEd survey released today. Results show this problem requires overhauling school culture and […]readmore
STATE HOUSE — The Rhode Island Legislative Black and Latino Caucus will sponsor a Black History Month celebration in the State House Library on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 3 p.m. Co-Chairs of the Rhode Island Legislative Black and Latino Caucus Rep. Shelby Maldonado (D-Dist. 56, Central Falls) and Rep. Carlos E. Tobon (D-Dist. 58, Pawtucket) […]readmore
Care New England Health System of Providence, Rhode Island (CNE), and Partners HealthCare of Massachusetts today announced they have agreed to enter into a definitive agreement, the next step in the process for CNE to become part of Partners HealthCare. Last year, the CNE Board of Directors conducted an expedited review of more than 12 […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – After announcing that nine of Rhode Island’s biggest employers have committed to participate in Supply RI and proposing new funds to help local cities and towns streamline zoning to spark economic development earlier this week, Governor Gina M. Raimondo today laid out a comprehensive package of reforms designed to make Rhode Island […]readmore
The Providence School Board has approved a contract between Providence Public School District and the NY-based Internationals Network for Public Schools to develop a program for English learners at Mt. Pleasant High School. The approach of the Internationals Network is to create small learning communities of English learners who are newly arrived to the United […]readmore
PAWTUCKET – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) joined Wolf Blitzer this evening to discuss Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation, as well as unprecedented efforts by Republicans in Washington to discredit the FBI. «Well, I think it’s clear that the Special Counsel has interviewed a number of people in the President’s inner circle that […]readmore
Investments return 14.5 percent, reach 10-year high value of $8.4 billion PROVIDENCE, RI - Rhode Island’s pension fund earned more than $1.09 billion from investments in 2017 bringing the fund’s value to $8,420,929,978, the highest in more than a decade. «In 2017 we took our investment strategy Back to Basics and delivered strong returns that […]readmore
Pawtucket – The City of Pawtucket is moving forward with the next phase of the planning for renovations to Payne Park. The site plans for the park and the renderings of the spray park and the playground area were completed by Gardner + Gerrish Landscape Architects, LLC. The plans were recently shared with the community […]readmore