WASHINGTON, DC — With U.S. national security at stake, the U.S. government is getting set to invest $52 billion to develop advanced computer chip manufacturing plants across the United States.  U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, says boosting domestic semiconductor manufacturing is critical to strengthening America’s national defense.  Reed, who […]Read More

STATE HOUSE – Saying Rhode Island should be making every effort to identify and address racial disparities in policing, Rep. Edith H. Ajello is introducing legislation today to reinstate statewide collection and analysis of data about the races of drivers stopped and searched by police. The legislation would permanently reinstate the data collection that was […]Read More

Washington, DC – On the final day of Black History Month, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) today led the reintroduction of bipartisan legislation to posthumously award America’s first Black military unit with the Congressional Gold Medal.  The First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act aims to […]Read More

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that the Office has asked the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to deny approval of a proposed plan submitted by Rhode Island Energy (RIE), where the company seeks a 3% increase over the next twelve months in the average annual gas bill (and proposed a plan […]Read More