PROVIDENCE, RI– The Providence City Council tonight approved an ordinance that allows the Providence Police Department to confiscate and destroy recreational vehicles that are driven in the city illegally. In recent months, the city has faced an alarming uptick of unauthorized recreational vehicles being used on city roads and in public parks, sometimes swarming in […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Tomorrow, Friday, May 5, U.S. Senator Jack Reed will join U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Dr. David Shulkin in Rhode Island for a series of meetings and events. Secretary Shulkin will be the first member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet to visit Rhode Island this year. Prior to becoming VA Secretary, […]Load more...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that Dave’s Marketplace is recalling 10oz Frozen Tuna King tuna steaks sold at the retailer on or after March 23, 2017. This lot of frozen tuna steaks is being recalled as a result of elevated histamine levels that were detected during routine surveillance sampling at […]Load more...
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved a new Trumpcare bill that is even harsher than previous failed attempts to pass it. Republican leaders rushed the vote before the results of a non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of the bill could be made public. The CBO previously released a review […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today released the following statement on the passage of the American Health Care Act legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives: «I am deeply disappointed in the outcome of today’s vote on the House floor. The Affordable Care Act is working in Rhode Island–we can’t afford to go […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo and First Gentleman Andy Moffit will visit Cumberland High School tomorrow to celebrate students’ postsecondary plans as part of 2017 College Signing Day. Inspired by the tradition of student athletes committing to a university, former First Lady Michelle Obama started the national Reach Higher campaign last year, expanding […]Load more...
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill that passed the House by a vote of 217-213. «When Republicans brought the AHCA to the floor in March, they could not even hold a vote due to the immense unpopularity of […]Load more...
Washington D.C. House Republicans passed their health care reform bill Thursday. The replacement bill, the American Health Care Act, received 217 votes, with every Democrat and some Republicans in vulnerable seats voting against it. The revised American Health Care Act passed on a 217-213 vote. It heads next to the Senate, where it faces an […]Load more...
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a Republican bill to repeal and replace large parts of the nation’s health care law. Six weeks after it was left for dead, lawmakers debated the merits of the measure, which was set for a vote after it was amended Wednesday to add a modest $8 billion dollars […]Load more...
Approximately 200 people attended The Economic Progress Institute’s 9th annual Policy and Budget Conference, Budget Rhode Map: Our Path Around Federal Road Blocks. Each year, the Institute hosts a half-day conference to educate policymakers, community leaders, and interested residents about critical policy challenges and opportunities facing Rhode Island. This year’s conference highlighted potential federal policy […]Load more...
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