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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

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US House Moves to Remove Trump from Office

By VOA News The Democrat-majority U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday on a resolution calling for Vice President Mike Pence and members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to use their constitutional authority to remove Trump from office. The measure, which is expected to pass, sets a 24-hour deadline for Pence to respond. “The […]Read More

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Trump to Visit Southern Border

U.S. President Donald Trump travels Tuesday to the southern city of Alamo, Texas, near the U.S-Mexico border, where he is expected to use one of his final days in office to highlight his administration’s efforts to curb illegal immigration. It will be his first public appearance since last Wednesday when he said in a speech […]Read More

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Girl Scout Cookie Season Kicks Off in Southeastern New England,

Girl Scout entrepreneurs in Southeastern New England are selling cookies such as the new Toast- Yay!™ in safe, creative, and socially distant ways, including through the organization’s first-ever national delivery services collaboration with Grubhub. Nationwide online Girl Scout Cookie ordering will be available February 1. [Warwick, Rhode Island]—Today, Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England (GSSNE) […]Read More