WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) today issued the following statement regarding the recently released phone call recording in which President Donald Trump attempts to pressure Georgia election officials to overturn the Presidential election results in his favor: “In his quest to keep power, President Trump has demonstrated that he knows no ethical boundaries as he […]Read More
Following the health and safety guidelines outlined by the Rhode Island Interscholastic League, the State of Rhode Island and the Centers for Disease Control, Providence Public Schools will offer high school sports in basketball, track and field, swimming and gymnastics this winter. Sign-ups and practices begin the week of January 4. “Providence Public School District […]Read More
The United States has passed the milestone of 350,000 COVID-19 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data, even as vaccinations against the coronavirus-caused disease get off to a slow start. As countries around the world tighten lockdowns, impose curfews, ban large get-togethers and even halt alcohol sales to tackle a surge in coronavirus cases, officials […]Read More
By VOA News The U.S. continues its run at the top of the list as the country with the most COVID-19 infections, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Early Sunday, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported the U.S. has 20.4 million of the world’s 84.3 million COVID infections. India, the country with the second-largest […]Read More
By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – Vaccinations against the coronavirus are off to a slow and chaotic start in the United States, but the country’s top infectious disease expert held out hope Sunday that the pace will soon pick up. “We are not where we want to be, no doubt about it,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told ABC News’ […]Read More
By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – More than 100 Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives and a dozen senators say they will join an almost assuredly futile effort Wednesday to try to block certification of the Electoral College vote showing that Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump in the November election. The certification of […]Read More
By VOA News Representative Nancy Pelosi was elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Sunday for her fourth term, with a narrower Democratic majority in the chamber and challenges ahead. The Democrat from California surpassed the necessary majority of votes Sunday afternoon, with two Democrats voting for other candidates and three more voting present. Democrats hold a narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in the […]Read More
This evening the Rhode Island State Police will participate in a drunk driving victim honor patrol in memory of Lieutenant Robert Cabral, a Swansea, Massachusetts police officer who was killed by a drunk driver on November 5, 2005 while on duty. “Tonight we have additional Troopers working across the state to apprehend and arrest drunk drivers in honor of Lieutenant Robert Cabral. We want our […]Read More
Sen. Reed’s leadership on THUD Approps helps direct $360M to RIDOT, including $60 million for bridges WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee, announced a major infusion of transportation funding for Rhode Island in the 2021 Omnibus Appropriations […]Read More
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Police Chiefs’ Association (RIPCA) is pleased to announce that it will be participating in Mothers Against Drunk Driving-Rhode Island’s annual “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, which is taking place over the next month. The goal of the campaign is to honor victims who have lost their lives, or […]Read More