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Governor McKee, Federal, State, and Local Partners Mark Opening of New Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center
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Governor McKee, Federal, State, and Local Partners Mark Opening of

LPR News January 23, 2023

PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressmen David Cicilline and Seth Magaziner, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Region 1 Administrator Peter Butler, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Rhode Island Division Administrator Derek Torrey, Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti, Jr. and Rhode Island Public […]Read More

Reed, Neronha: Fentanyl Crisis Demands Evolving, Effective Solutions to Stop Manufacturing, Trafficking & Distribution
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Reed, Neronha: Fentanyl Crisis Demands Evolving, Effective Solutions to Stop

LPR News January 20, 2023

As deadly synthetic opioids poison communities nationwide, Reed, Neronha, RI Police Chiefs Assoc. & Brown University School of Public Health experts gather to discuss need for strategic, coordinated response   Researchers at Brown’s testRI warn of animal tranquilizer street drug ‘tranq’ turning up often in RI & medications like naloxone have no effect to save […]Read More

Cicilline Applauds Appointment of RI’s Col. Clements. Jr. to Lead Community Policing Office at DOJ
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Cicilline Applauds Appointment of RI’s Col. Clements. Jr. to Lead

LPR News January 20, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) today congratulated Rhode Island’s Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr. on his appointment to serve as the new Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) at the Department of Justice. “Attorney General Garland could not have picked a better person for this role,” said Congressman Cicilline. […]Read More

Reed Praises DOJ for Tapping Chief Clements to Lead COPS Office
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Reed Praises DOJ for Tapping Chief Clements to Lead COPS

LPR News January 20, 2023

PROVIDENCE, RI — Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on former Providence Police Chief Hugh Clements being named the head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Community Organized Policing Services (COPS) office in Washington, DC: “It’s a superb choice.  Chief Clements is one of the most distinguished and […]Read More

CDC Updates COVID-19 Community Levels for Rhode Island Counties
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CDC Updates COVID-19 Community Levels for Rhode Island Counties

LPR News January 20, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated the COVID-19 community levels for Rhode Island’s counties. All five counties are now at the “medium” level. (Providence County had the “high” designation previously.) Each week the CDC identifies the COVID-19 community level in every county in the country as “low,” “medium,” or “high” using case rates, […]Read More

Statement from Councilman Oscar O. Vargas Regarding 6/10 Interchange Project
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Statement from Councilman Oscar O. Vargas Regarding 6/10 Interchange Project

LPR News January 20, 2023

“I would like to thank Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha for his diligent work bringing charges against Barletta Heavy Division, Inc. and a former employee for dumping illegal waste on the 6/10 interchange construction project. Our neighborhood is not a dumping ground and I hope the individuals alleged to have committed these irresponsible and negligent […]Read More

Council Elects Municipal Court Judges, Approves School Board Members, and Passes School/Parks Improvement Funds
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Council Elects Municipal Court Judges, Approves School Board Members, and

LPR News January 20, 2023

First African American woman elected to the bench and courtroom renamed after Judge Frank Caprio   Providence, RI – Tonight, the Providence City Council elected, and Council President Rachel Miller swore in three judges to the city’s municipal court, including Chief Judge John Lombardi and Vanessa Crum, the first African American woman to sit on the […]Read More

Governor McKee Names Marc Crisafulli as Chair of the I-195 Commission
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Governor McKee Names Marc Crisafulli as Chair of the I-195

LPR News January 20, 2023

PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today named Marc Crisafulli as Chair of the I-195 Commission. “Marc Crisafulli understands economic development and has been a leader in Rhode Island’s business community for decades,” said Governor McKee. “I’m pleased to appoint him Chair of the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission and have the opportunity to leverage his extensive expertise […]Read More

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