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Providence man sentenced to serve 37 years in state prison

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 37 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to possessing an illegal handgun and leading police on a vehicle chase through Pawtucket and Providence in 2020. Justin Denson (age 38) entered […]Read More

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RIC STUDENT VET, ALEX ORTIZ, WINS VFW-SVA LEGISLATIVE FELLOWSHIP

Ortiz will conduct research on Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits and address legislators about amending the bill. Alex Ortiz, president of RIC’s Student Veterans Organization, is among five student veterans across the country awarded the 2022 VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship, sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Student Veterans of America (SVA). A senior accounting major, […]Read More

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Batch Ice Cream Recalled

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that Royal Ice Cream Company is recalling specific lots of Batch Ice Cream because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune […]Read More

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UMass Dartmouth faculty awarded grant to develop training in the

The $595,485 grant from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) will aid future nursing students in addressing stigma towards opioid use disorder UMass Dartmouth College of Nursing & Health Sciences faculty members Professor Mary McCurry, Assistant Professor Monika Schuler, Assistant Professor Jennifer Viveiros, Assistant Professor Shannon Avery-Desmarais, and Assistant Professor Mirinda Tyo were part […]Read More

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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island awards grants

2022 BlueAngel Community Health Grant program awards $405,000 to organizations working at the intersection of housing and health PROVIDENCE, RI (February 3, 2022) — Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) continues to address health inequities related to housing by awarding $375,000 in grants to six organizations that improve access to safe, affordable housing throughout Rhode Island. […]Read More

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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island awarded top

Human Rights Campaign recognizes BCBSRI for its efforts in creating a work environment prioritizing LGBTQ+ equality PROVIDENCE, RI  — Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) has again scored 100 percent on the 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. The only […]Read More