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Councilman Kevin Jackson Resigns from Leadership Role and Finance Committee

Councilman Kevin Jackson Resigns from Leadership Role and Finance Committee PROVIDENCE, R.I.-On Wednesday evening, Council President Luis Aponte accepted letters from Councilman Kevin Jackson (Ward 3) which state that effective immediately, Jackson will no longer serve as City Council Majority Leader and Finance Committee member. Jackson was arrested on Wednesday morning and released after arraignment. […]Load more...

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State Police Arrests a Providence City Councilman for Unlawful Appropriation

Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, announces that members of the State Police Financial Crimes Unit arrested Providence City Councilman Kevin E. Jackson for allegedly misappropriating $12,074.06 in campaign contributions for his personal use and embezzling $127,153.02 from the Providence Cobras, a […]Load more...

Comunidad

RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE TO HOLD 25th ANNUAL MEMORIAL CEREMONY

The Rhode Island State Police will hold its 25th Annual Memorial Ceremony on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at State Police Headquarters in North Scituate. The ceremony will begin at 11:00 a.m. in front of the Headquarters Building. In 1962 President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation designating May 15th as Peace Officers’ Memorial Day and […]Load more...

Educación

SANCHEZ SELECTED AS NEW PRESIDENT OF RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – At its meeting on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, the Council on Postsecondary Education named Frank D. Sánchez, Ph.D., as the new president of Rhode Island College. The Council’s vote concludes a five-month search process that began with over 40 applicants from across the nation. Sánchez, vice chancellor for student affairs at the […]Load more...

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Mayor Elorza Announces Robust and Affordable Summer Recreation Programing Activities

PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Jorge Elorza today joined members of the City Council, Superintendent of Parks and Recreation Wendy Nilsson, Recreation Director Michael Stephens, Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr., and recreation center directors and staff from across the city to announce the opening of the registration period for the summer recreation programs offered by the […]Load more...