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Pawtucket Advances Flood Resilience and Community Engagemen

City Receives Moshassuck River Grant, Improves FEMA CRS Rating, and Invites Community Flooding Input Pawtucket, RI – The City of Pawtucket is excited to announce a major step forward in its efforts to address flooding and enhance resilience in natural spaces. The City has received grant funding for a planning effort focused on the Moshassuck […]Read More

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Attorney General Neronha enhances health care market oversight

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that the Office has issued a regulation requiring pre-merger notification for certain transactions involving medical practice groups, including those involving private equity firms. Pursuant to the Office’s regulatory and antitrust authorities, this regulation enables the Office to review and investigate potentially anticompetitive transactions to prevent excessive market […]Read More

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Joint Statement on Next Steps in the Potential Sale of

PROVIDENCE, RI – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, Governor Daniel J. McKee, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, Senate President Valarie J. Lawson, the Rhode Island Department of Health, and the Executive Office of Health and Human Services today released the following statement about next steps in the potential sale of Roger Williams Medical Center and […]Read More

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Rhode Island’s Congressional Delegation Demands Accountability from DHS

Statement from U.S. Senator Jack Reed   “I’m voting no on the motion to proceed to the appropriations package. ICE/DHS should not move forward without accountability, investigations, and reforms.   “If Republicans want to defend the ICE killings in Minneapolis & shut down key federal agencies, that’s their choice. But Senate Democrats can & will […]Read More

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Amo Leads Push for Transparency on Brown University Shooting

Congressman Amo represents Brown University and is leading 32 colleagues to demand answers on the investigation   Providence, RI – TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI), a member of the Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Taskforce, who represents Brown University in Congress, led 32 of his colleagues calling for a Congressional briefing from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) […]Read More

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Foulkes Raises $576,000 in Q4

Providence, RI — Helena Buonanno Foulkes announced another strong fundraising report, raising $576,000 in the final three months of 2025, marking Helena’s fourth consecutive quarter raising more than a half million dollars. Foulkes for Governor communications director Angelika Pellegrino issued the following statement: “Last quarter’s fundraising numbers show the enthusiasm Helena has built throughout 2025, and […]Read More

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Magaziner Presents Military Honors to North Kingstown Vietnam Veteran, Resolving

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Today, U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02) presented Vietnam veteran, Specialist 4th Class Kenneth Barber with military honors he earned during his service but never received. Barber enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1970 for a three-year term, during which he piloted helicopters in Vietnam. Decades later, after Barber contacted Magaziner’s office for assistance, those […]Read More

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Governor McKee Issues Statement Calling on Secretary Kristi Noem to

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, Governor Dan McKee issued the following statement calling on U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, to resign: “When government officials take an oath of office, they swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. “Nearly 12 months to the day of taking that […]Read More