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Johnston man sentenced to serve 8 years in state prison

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Johnston man was sentenced on January 5, 2020 in Newport County Superior Court to serve eight years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after being found guilty earlier this year of breaking and entering a Jamestown home in 2018. Daren Post (age 56) was […]Read More

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US Unemployment Benefit Claims Jump Sharply

VOA News By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – Unemployment compensation claims jumped sharply in the United States last week, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday, as the soaring number of coronavirus cases in the country wreaks havoc on the world’s largest economy. The government said 965,000 workers filed for benefits last week, up 181,000 from the revised […]Read More

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Biden to Announce Coronavirus Relief Package

By VOA News U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is set to unveil Thursday a coronavirus response plan that includes boosting the rate of vaccinations and helping counter the economic effects of the pandemic.  Biden is scheduled to detail the program in an evening address.  He has already set a goal of administering 100 million vaccine shots in the first 100 […]Read More

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Providence City Council Endorses Creation of An Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

Providence RI, (January 13, 2021) – At last week’s City Council Meeting, the Providence City Council passed a resolution requesting the Office of Sustainability collaborate with the Purchasing Department, the Healthy Communities Office, the Providence Public School Department, and the school district’s food service and facilities management companies to create an Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy (EPP […]Read More

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US Prosecutors Expect to Charge Hundreds of Capitol Rioters

VOA News – By Masood Farivar U.S. prosecutors say they have identified more than 170 people for potential criminal charges in connection with the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol and that they expect that number to run into the hundreds in the coming weeks as a massive nationwide hunt for the pro-Trump rioters continues. […]Read More

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Rhode Island One of the First States in the Country

CRANSTON, RI – The USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) recently granted Rhode Island approval to again issue Pandemic-EBT benefits (P-EBT) to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and non-SNAP households with one or more school-age children who receive free and reduced-price meals at school through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), but were unable to receive […]Read More