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RIPTA Announces Downtown Transit Center Development Partners

Providence, Rhode Island, August 23, 2023… The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) Board of Directors voted today (unanimously) to engage Next Wave Rhode Island Partners in a public-private partnership (P3) to design and construct a new downtown transit center in Providence. Next Wave Partners is a consortium comprised of a number of Rhode Island-based companies […]Read More

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RIHEBC Closes On $93.5 Million Bond to Finance New Central

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation (RIHEBC) closed on a $93,520,000 bond issue to finance the construction, furnishing, and ‎equipping of a new 123,844 square-foot high school in the City of Central Falls at the corner of Lonsdale Avenue and Higginson Avenue. The new high school will replace the existing Central Falls High […]Read More

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Sandra Cano Launches Final TV Ad

PAWTUCKET, RI – On the birthday of her daughter and first child, Arianna Hallel, State Senator Sandra Cano, a Democrat running for U.S. Congress, today released her final television ad, titled “Elect a Mom”. The ad features women of all ages highlighting what needs to be done in Congress. The ad begins with eleven-year-old, Ruby, […]Read More

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Jamestown School Committee Chair Kristine Lapierre and School Committee Clerk

JAMESTOWN, RI – Jamestown School Committee Chair Kristine Lapierre and Jamestown School Committee Clerk Agnes Filkins announced their support and endorsement of Sandra Cano in the race for Congressional District One. Lapierre and Filkins join the growing diverse coalition that has now reached more than sixty leaders and organizations who have endorsed Sandra Cano for […]Read More

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RI Nets $4.5 Million to Strengthen Cybersecurity & Thwart Cyberattacks

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help state and local government agencies enhance their cybersecurity capabilities and beef up cybersecurity, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced $4.46 million in new federal funding to help Rhode Island defend against evolving cyber threats. This new pot of federal funds is being made available to Rhode […]Read More