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Magaziner Elevates Workers Voices and the Need to Guarantee Paid Time Off for All Americans
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Magaziner Elevates Workers Voices and the Need to Guarantee Paid

LPR News July 22, 2024

Rep. Magaziner’s Protected Time Off Act (PTO Act) ensures that all American workers can earn paid annual leave PROVIDENCE,  RI —  U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) held a press conference on his bicameral bill, H.R. 7752: Protected Time Off (PTO) Act, to guarantee all workers have access to paid days off from work. He was joined by SEIU 1199 NE and […]Read More

Co-Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization That Imported Over 100 Kilos Of Cocaine Sentenced To Ten Years in Federal Prison
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Co-Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization That Imported Over 100 Kilos

LPR News July 22, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – The co-leader of a years-long drug trafficking conspiracy that shipped over 100 kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.   As reflected in court documents, Efrain Colon-Garcia, 43, and his wife, Yaniris Colon-Senquiz, 47, […]Read More

PAWTUCKET REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, SEEKS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR THE DOWNTOWN GATEWAY PROJECT
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PAWTUCKET REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET,

LPR News July 22, 2024

The Downtown Gateway Project Contains the former “Apex Pyramid” and “George’s Games” buildings PAWTUCKET – The Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency (“PRA”), in coordination with the City of Pawtucket, seeks development proposals for the Downtown Gateway Project. This is the next step in the continued effort to redevelop approximately 20 acres located in the Pawtucket Redevelopment Area. […]Read More

Attorney General Neronha, MADD RI, state leaders celebrate passage of DUI lookback legislation
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Attorney General Neronha, MADD RI, state leaders celebrate passage of

LPR News July 15, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Rhode Island, state leaders, and community advocates and partners, today highlighted public safety legislation passed in 2024 to extend the “lookback” period for impaired driving offenses from five years to 10 years. Additionally, they recommitted to the cause of holding accountable those […]Read More

ALL ABOARD: Quonset Shortline Railroad Upgrades Chugging Along Thanks to Federal Funding
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ALL ABOARD: Quonset Shortline Railroad Upgrades Chugging Along Thanks to

LPR News July 15, 2024

To celebrate moving trucks and congestion off roadways and more freight moving along Quonset’s enhanced freight rail system, U.S. Governor Dan McKee, Senator Jack Reed and members of the Rhode Island Congressional delegation was joined with Federal Rail Administrator Amit Bose and state and local officials for a special ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate three […]Read More

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