CENTRAL FALLS – On March 7, 2016 at approximately 2:00pm the Central Falls Police received a “911” call of an ensuing breaking-in at 13 Parker Street. The caller stated that three teenagers had smashed the side window of the house and gained entry into the 1st floor apartment. Responding units surrounded the dwelling at which […]Load more...
BOSTON – March 11, 2016 – The Baker-Polito Administration today announced $1 million in grant funding to support the expansion of low-cost renewable power in the City of Holyoke. The Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has made $2 million available for grants to municipalities with active or decommissioned coal generation facilities to develop and implement […]Load more...
STATE HOUSE – Rep. Anastasia P. Williams’ legislation (2016-H 7610) that allows the RI Department of Motor Vehicles to issue driving privilege licenses and driving privilege permits to applicants unable to establish lawful presence in the United States will be heard by the House Committee on Judiciary on Tuesday, March 15 at the RISE of […]Load more...
Rhode Island – Friday morning at approximately 6:50AM, security personnel from Twin River Casino as well as the Lincoln Police attempted to approach an unknown male within the casino regarding suspected cheating activity. The subject, upon seeing the personnel approaching, fled from the casino, ran across the casino parking lot and entered the adjacent wood […]Load more...
STATE HOUSE – Rep. Katherine S. Kazarian’s legislation (2016-H 7639) that aims to protect high school athletes from concussions and other serious injuries by requiring all school districts to have an athletic trainer present for all high school athletic practices and games was heard before the House Committee on Health, Education & Welfare this past […]Load more...
Rhode Island – On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at approximately 10:30 p.m. Troopers from the Rhode Island State Police Lincoln Woods Barracks responded to reports of a motorcycle crash on Route 195 East at the Taunton Avenue exit in the City of East Providence, RI. The preliminary investigation revealed that a Harley Davidson motorcycle was […]Load more...
Installs Quarter of a Million Smoke Alarms Across U.S. Test smoke alarms when turning clocks ahead for Daylight Saving PROVIDENCE, RI (March 11, 2016)- The American Red Cross and thousands of Home Fire Campaign partners have helped save at least 77 lives and installed more than a quarter of a million smoke alarms in homes […]Load more...
EASY, NO COST PROGRAMS PROVIDING GREATER CONSUMER TAX SAVINGS Brand name tax software products made available by IRS, RI Free File Programs empower eligible Rhode Island residents to file their taxes online at no cost CRANSTON, R.I. – Today, Congressman Jim Langevin (RI-02), along with U.S. Senator Jack Reed, General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, and Attorney […]Load more...
Washington, D.C. – In advance of oral arguments scheduled before the Supreme Court on April 18, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline have joined more than 200 members of Congress in filing an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of the Obama administration’s executive actions […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo, joined by local education leaders, took a tour of the technology program at Edward R. Martin Middle School in East Providence. Raimondo visited the school’s Google classroom and spoke with students about computer science and technology. «Computer science is the new basic skill,» Raimondo said. «Programs like the […]Load more...