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BCBSRI gives $648K in 2024 community grants to programs focused

PROVIDENCE, RI — Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) has once again committed its annual BlueAngel Community Health Grant program to addressing housing-related health inequities, awarding $648,000 in 2024 to initiatives led by 10 area non-profit social service organizations. This is the fifth consecutive year that the grants, established in 2002, have focused on […]Read More

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Municipal Leaders Announce Priorities for 2024 Assembly Session, Legislative Scorecard

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns (The League) released its priorities for the 2024 Legislative Session and in the FY2025 State budget today. The League also announced that it will issue a legislative scorecard for each member of the Assembly in August, at the conclusion of the 2024 session. “The League of Cities […]Read More

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Cranston man sentenced to 15 years in state prison for

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Cranston man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 15 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) in prison for driving under the influence and causing a crash that seriously injured his 10-year-old son and another passenger in Cranston in 2019. […]Read More

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Governor McKee Signs Executive Order Establishing State Health Care System

The Health Care System Planning Cabinet will serve as the primary coordinating body for all health care system planning efforts within the executive branch PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee signed an Executive Order establishing a State Health Care System Planning (HCSP) Cabinet that will take a unified, interdepartmental approach to evaluating and proposing recommendations for Rhode Island’s […]Read More