Providence, RI – On Monday, U.S. Congressman David Cicilline and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will join with the Providence After School Alliance (PASA) to call on the U.S. Department of Education to use Rhode Island’s after-school success as a model when implementing the new national K-12 education law. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which overhauls […]Load more...
CRANSTON, RI – On Friday, February 26, 2016 at 3:00 p.m., U.S. Senator Jack Reed will host a special medal ceremony in honor of Vietnam veteran Robert Walter Edmands, 69, of Chepachet. Reed will present the U.S. Army veteran with the prestigious Purple Heart medal and other military honors he earned but never received following […]Load more...
WOONSOCKET, RI – In an effort to strengthen child care for working families with young children, U.S. Senator Jack Reed will announce significant new increases in federal funding for Rhode Island preschool and early childhood learning programs. Tomorrow, February 26 at 11:00 a.m., Reed will join with Rhode Island KIDS COUNT and early childhood learning […]Load more...
STATE HOUSE – Sen. Frank A. Ciccone III held a press conference in the State House rotunda on Feb. 24 concerning legislation he sponsored that would allow the Department of Motor Vehicles (RIDMV) to issue driving privilege licenses and permits to applicants unable to establish lawful presence in the United States. The licenses and permit […]Load more...
Washington, DC – With an estimated 23 million homes nationwide containing lead-paint-related hazards and millions more with dangerous lead pipes, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced legislation today to help Americans cover the cost of removing lead from their homes. Lead is a powerful neurotoxin that can […]Load more...
VOA News All those selfies may turn out to be useful after all. Credit card company MasterCard says its customers could soon use selfie photos (and a fingerprint) instead of passwords to make payments online. The company thinks a biometric system that could read a photo of your face would be more secure and could […]Load more...
Associated Press WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is moving ahead with a major project to learn how to better tailor treatments and preventive care to people’s genes, environment and lifestyle. As part of the Precision Medicine Initiative, the National Institutes of Health plans to be gathering data from at least 1 million volunteers by 2019, work that […]Load more...
Ken Bredemeier The White House is vetting Republican Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval for the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, sources familiar with the process said Wednesday. Sandoval met with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Monday while the governor was in Washington for the National Governors Association meeting. A […]Load more...
VOA News For the past 84 years, an exemption in U.S. law allowed the import of goods produced by slaves and others forced into labor, including children, as long as demand exceeded supply. In two weeks, that will be illegal. President Barack Obama signed a trade bill Wednesday that includes a provision closing a loophole […]Load more...
Chris Simkins CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND—Born a slave on a farm on the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Maryland, Harriet Tubman is a legend in the annals of African-American history for leading many slaves to freedom — sometimes at gunpoint.More than 100 years after her death, a new generation is learning about this remarkable woman. […]Load more...
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