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Fortuitous Partners and Public Partners Close on Financing for Tidewater

Stadium will be the anchor of broad transformation in Pawtucket; Stadium on track to open for 2025 USL season PAWTUCKET, RI – The City of Pawtucket, the Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency, Rhode Island Commerce, and Fortuitous Partners have closed on all aspects of funding for the multi-purpose stadium at Tidewater Landing, including the bonds, private debt […]Read More

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Mayor Smiley to Induct Three Community Leaders into the City’s

Chief Judge Frank Caprio, Derek Earl Hazard Jr. and Helen Baskerville-Dukes will be Inducted in the 21st Annual Hall of Fame PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Brett P. Smiley will join members of the Providence City Council, Providence Human Relations Commissioners and community members to induct Chief Judge Frank Caprio, Derek Earl Hazard Jr. and Helen […]Read More

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Whitehouse Details How the Supreme Court’s Billionaire Gifts Program Undermines

Washington, DC – In case you missed it, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) published an op-ed in Law 360 detailing how recent ethics revelations at the Supreme Court dovetail with the Court’s line of cases undermining prosecution of public corruption cases.   “A line of precedent has emerged at the court that undermines public corruption prosecutions. As a former prosecutor […]Read More

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Reed Statement on U.S. Military Strikes Against Iranian Proxies

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, United States military forces conducted dozens of airstrikes against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups in Syria and Iraq. The U.S. strikes were carried out in response to an unmanned aerial drone attack in northeast Jordan that killed three U.S. servicemembers and wounded dozens more. Following the […]Read More

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Providence Police seized $1,2 million dollars in cash, drugs and

Mayor Smiley and Colonel Perez announce the apprehension of ten individuals and seizure of over $1 Million as a result of investigations into narcotics distribution throughout the City Providence, RI: Over the past several weeks, members of the Providence Police Department Narcotics Bureau and Intelligence and Organized Crime Bureau have conducted numerous investigations into individuals involved […]Read More

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RIDE Receives $5 Million Federal Grant in Support of School

U.S. Department of Education funding from the Supporting America’s School Infrastructure (SASI) grant program will allow the continued improvement of school facilities and equitable learning environments PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Dan McKee and Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green announced the agency received nearly $5 million in school infrastructure grant funding through […]Read More

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Rhode Island League of Charter Schools Assists Hundreds of Parents

PROVIDENCE, RI – Over one hundred individuals attended the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools’ (The League) Fair to learn more about schools around the state and apply, this Wednesday, January 24 at Times2 STEM Academy. Twenty-two charter schools were on hand to meet with families and showcase their innovative programs. “We are thrilled to see so many […]Read More

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Senate passes Quezada legislation that would renew the requirement of

STATE HOUSE — The Senate today passed legislation introduced by Sen. Ana B. Quezada (D-Dist. 2, Providence) that would require the statewide collection and analysis of data about the races of drivers stopped and searched by police. The bill (2024-S 2137) would amend the Comprehensive Community-Police Relationship Act of 2015 to require an annual study on […]Read More