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Governor McKee Announces 500,000 Additional COVID-19 At-Home Rapid Tests to

LPR News January 27, 2022

New tests announced brings State’s total to 1 million tests distributed in nearly one month PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today announced that Rhode Island has received and will distribute an additional 500,000 COVID-19 at-home rapid tests, bringing the total tests distributed to 1 million in just over a month. “Our whole of government COVID […]Read More

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Whitehouse Statement on Breyer Retirement

LPR News January 26, 2022

Newport, RI – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, released the following statement on the planned retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer: “I thank Justice Breyer for his dedication to the law and service to the American people, and wish him well […]Read More

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Reed Statement on Justice Breyer’s Retirement from Supreme Court

LPR News January 26, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement on the retirement of Justice Stephen G. Breyer from the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of this term: “I have long admired Stephen Breyer. He was one of my advisors at Harvard Law School and I am truly grateful for his wise […]Read More

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Pawtucket Announces CDBG Applications Are Now Available

LPR News January 26, 2022

PAWTUCKET – The City of Pawtucket is now accepting applications for the FY 2023 Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. This competitive program has served the city of Pawtucket partner organizations in the past, including during the COVID-19 pandemic, with grants ranging often from $3000 to $25000 the […]Read More

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US Central Bank Signals Possible March Interest Rate Hike

LPR News January 26, 2022

Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — The U.S. central bank signaled Wednesday that it planned to start raising its benchmark interest rate as soon as March and curb its direct financial support for the pandemic-hit American economy. The Federal Reserve has kept its key interest rate near 0% since the coronavirus swept into the United States in March […]Read More

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Pfizer Launches Trial of Omicron-Specific COVID-19 Vaccine

LPR News January 26, 2022

U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, announced Tuesday they have begun a clinical trial of a new version of their COVID-19 vaccine specifically designed to protect against the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The companies said in a joint statement that it will test the new vaccine as both a primary and […]Read More

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US Donating 2 Million COVID Vaccine Doses to Kenya, Morocco

LPR News January 26, 2022

WASHINGTON — The United States will soon ship more than 2 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to the African nations of Kenya and Morocco, the White House told VOA on Wednesday. “As the president has said, America will be the arsenal of vaccines in our fight against COVID-19,” a White House official told VOA. […]Read More

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Capsized Boat Found Near Florida; 39 People Missing

LPR News January 26, 2022

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard searched on Tuesday for 39 people missing for several days after a boat believed to be used for human smuggling capsized off Florida’s coast en route from the Bahamas. A good Samaritan called the Coast Guard early Tuesday after rescuing a man clinging to the boat 72 kilometers (45 […]Read More

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Liberal US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire

LPR News January 26, 2022

WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, for 27 years a staunch liberal voice on the country’s highest court, has decided to retire, according to news accounts in Washington. The retirement of the 83-year-old Breyer will hand President Joe Biden his first chance at filling an open seat since former President Donald Trump appointed three […]Read More

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Governor McKee’s Budget Proposal Includes Health Spending Accountability Program

LPR News January 26, 2022

PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island’s small businesses and working families need relief from increasing health care costs. In his budget proposal that was filed with the General Assembly last week, Governor Dan McKee is proposing the creation of a Health Spending Accountability and Transparency Program intended to significantly strengthen accountability for health care cost growth by […]Read More

Governor McKee Announces 500,000 Additional COVID-19 At-Home Rapid Tests to

Whitehouse Statement on Breyer Retirement

Reed Statement on Justice Breyer’s Retirement from Supreme Court

Pawtucket Announces CDBG Applications Are Now Available

US Central Bank Signals Possible March Interest Rate Hike

Pfizer Launches Trial of Omicron-Specific COVID-19 Vaccine

US Donating 2 Million COVID Vaccine Doses to Kenya, Morocco

Capsized Boat Found Near Florida; 39 People Missing

Liberal US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire

Governor McKee’s Budget Proposal Includes Health Spending Accountability Program

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