“The latest announcement by Cox Communications to cut 234 jobs from its Rhode Island work force follows a pattern of more of the same in our state," said Block. "Rhode Island not only leads the nation in unemployment but continues to lose jobs to other states and this is unacceptable. What is even more disturbing […]readmore
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RI – Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces that on Friday, February 28, 2014, members of the Rhode Island State Police Computer Crimes Unit and Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested Thomas L. Hewes, age 52, of 64 Verdant Drive, Cranston, Rhode […]readmore
PROVIDENCE - Providence City Council President and Democratic Mayoral candidate Michael Solomon announced today the hiring of Liz White as campaign manager for his mayoral campaign. "I am thrilled to have a campaign manager with an accomplished policy and communications background," said Solomon. "Liz is a great team builder and she is passionate about the […]readmore
PROVIDENCE – Seventeen elected officials representing Cranston today endorsed Aquidneck Island businessman Guillaume De Ramel in his race to become Rhode Island’s next Secretary of State. Senator Hanna Gallo, Senator Frank Lombardi, Rep. Robert Jacquard, Rep. Charlene Lima, Rep. Michael Marcello, Rep. Peter Palumbo, Council President John Lanni, Council Vice President Michael Farina, Councilman Mario […]readmore
Cumberland (Feb. 27, 2014) – Today, Cumberland Mayor and Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Dan McKee announced he has received the endorsement of North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi. «Dan McKee will be an outstanding lieutenant governor. As a small business owner, like myself, and community leader for more than 30 years, he has a vision for […]readmore
A wide variety of diseases and psychological disorders in school-age children are linked to the fact that they are children of older men. So says an extensive joint investigation by Indiana University and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden where 2.6 million people were studied. The researchers noted that these diseases are caused by mutations in […]readmore
Rhode Island – A Missouri man pleads guilty to sex trafficking when he took a 17 year old with disabilities from Massachusetts to Rhode Island. Stephen Ardrey, 30, admitted that he met the girl online and contacted her for several months, until last September when he met her in Medfield, Massachusetts where he later took her […]readmore
Rhode Island – A man from Swansea, Mass. who robbed five banks in Rhode Island and Massachusetts over a period of 26 days in 2012 was sentenced to 105 months in federal prison. Scott Niemic 36, pled guilty to charges of bank robbery in October. Authorities said Niemic handed threatening notes to the teller in […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Feb 27, 2014 –New data released today by the Latino Policy Institute<http://rwu.edu/about/partnerships-initiatives/lpi> (LPI) at Roger Williams University<http://rwu.edu/> and HousingWorks RI<http://www.housingworksri.org/>reveals a persistent housing cost burden for Latino renter households in Rhode Island. The new infographic measures the decreased purchasing power facing these Latino households by quantifying the amount of money being spent on […]readmore
Rhode Island State Representative Doreen M. Costa has endorsed Ken Block. “Ken Block is the only gubernatorial candidate that has put together a specific plan to fix Rhode Island,” said Costa. “Clearly he understands that in order to rebuild our economy and create new jobs we need fundamental changes that will reduce taxes and eliminate […]readmore