VOA NEWS «Le expresó la preocupación de Estados Unidos por las dificultades económicas que atraviesan millones de venezolanos», informó el Departamento de Estado. El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos John Kerry se reunió con el presidente de Venezuela Nicolás Maduro el lunes, en el primer encuentro formal entre ambos desde que Kerry asumió la […]Load more...
VOA NEWS Fue nombrado hijo adoptivo y honrado como un líder que ha cumplido sus promesas. El presidente de Estados Unidos Barack Obama fue honrado el lunes por las tribus indígenas del país, como un hijo adoptivo y un líder que ha cumplido sus promesas. Durante la octava Conferencia Anual de Naciones Tribales de la […]Load more...
El FBI dio a conocer estadísticas sobre el crimen y delitos en 2015. Los crímenes violentos han aumentado en 3,9 por ciento en Estados Unidos el año pasado, pero funcionarios del FBI dicen que el número de ofensas continua muy lejos de las máximas de los años noventa. Luego de dos años de declinación en […]Load more...
VOA NEWS Algunas de las afirmaciones hechas por ambos candidatos en el debate contrastan con los hechos. Donald Trump mantuvo inalterado su hábito de propagar exageraciones en el primer debate presidencial, mientras que Hillary Clinton hizo sus declaraciones con cautela pero no sin equivocaciones. Ambos negaron haber hecho declaraciones de las que hay registros. A […]Load more...
Office of Innovation launches Rhode Island Open Textbook Initiative LPR News Special Report Chief Innovation Officer Richard Culatta PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Responding to concerns college students have raised about the rising cost of textbooks being a barrier to a degree, Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced a new challenge today, led by the Governor’s Office of […]Load more...
Secretary Gorbea launches website aimed at increasing Millennial voter turnout
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea today unveiled www.rivotes.org, a mobile-optimized website aimed at increasing voter participation among Rhode Islanders between the ages of 18 and 35 – an age group commonly referred to as Millennials. Nationally, Millennials now represent about 31% of the electorate, but turnout among this younger age group […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The State of Rhode Island, the City of Pawtucket, and the Pawtucket Red Sox today announced they have selected architectural design firm Pendulum Studio II, LLC to study McCoy Stadium, the 74-year-old home of the PawSox. The contract – which was awarded upon the unanimous agreement of the State, the City, and […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo will join Rhode Island College President Frank Sánchez, and Chief Innovation Officer Richard Culatta tomorrow to announce a statewide Open Textbook Initiative.The Rhode Island Open Textbook Initiative challenges higher education institutions around the state to move toward openly licensed teaching materials over five years.Load more...
LINCOLN, R.I., Sept. 26, 2016 – Amica Insurance has once again received the “Highest Customer Satisfaction Among National Homeowners Insurers” ranking in the J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Home Insurance StudySM. This marks the 15th year in a row that Amica has finished in the top spot. Amica’s score of 864 (on a 1,000-point scale) is […]Load more...
Aerial image of the McCoy Stadium located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The project to build the stadium began in 1938 and was championed by then-Pawtucket Mayor Thomas P. McCoy. It was to be built on a swampy piece of land known as Hammond’s Pond and, to this day, the stadium sits at the end of […]Load more...