PROVIDENCE, RI (Dec. 11, 2024) – The RI Life Index, an annual statewide survey created by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) and the Brown University School of Public Health, finds that a broad range of Rhode Islanders continue to be highly challenged by affordable housing, food security and cost-of-living. While the overall […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today hit the pitch with Project GOAL (Greater Opportunity for Athletes to Learn), a non-profit coeducational after-school initiative for elementary school and middle school youth, to kick in a $146,000 federal earmark for the organization’s academic enrichment, mentoring, and soccer training programs. Senator Reed joined with Project GOAL’s Executive […]Read More
Celebration Features Local Performers, Fun for All Ages PROVIDENCE, RI– Mayor Brett P. Smiley, Providence City Councilors; Providence Tourism Council Chair Alexis Gorriarán, and Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism Director Joe Wilson Jr. will gather on the front steps of Providence City Hall on Friday, December 6, 2024 for the City’s annual Tree Lighting […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI– Mayor Brett P. Smiley will today join Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Patricia Coyne-Fague for a winter preparedness exercise where members of the DPW team will practice snow plowing techniques on salt piles. This exercise is part of the city’s ongoing efforts to ensure that DPW is fully prepared for the upcoming […]Read More
PAWTUCKET – First Lady Laureen Grebien announces the upcoming assembling and distribution of 850+ turkey baskets to low-income Pawtucket residents. These baskets, distributed, will help these individuals to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families. Over 100 volunteers, from students, adults, members of civic groups, and Pawtucket City employees, will show up to load 12 items per brown […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI — Today, Governor Dan McKee appointed Deborah J. Goddard to serve as Secretary of the Rhode Island Department of Housing. Goddard has more than 40 years of housing experience in the private and public sectors. She currently leads the Massachusetts-based DJ Goddard Consulting, which advises and provides organizational and process analysis for public, quasi-public […]Read More
Thursday afternoon in celebration of National Apprenticeship Week, the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI), in partnership with Building Futures Rhode Island (BFRI), is hosting a press conference with Governor Dan McKee, Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, and labor leaders to announce the launch of a new pre-apprenticeship readiness training program for recent high school graduates […]Read More
Week of November 11, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RI — Acknowledging the importance of consistent attendance in education and in alignment with the #AttendanceMattersRI campaign, Governor Dan McKee and Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green are pleased to highlight the top elementary, middle, and high schools with the greatest average weekly attendance. The following schools are Rhode Island’s attendance leaders for the week of November 11, 2024*: Elementary: Stadium Elementary School, Cranston – 97.2% Middle: Portsmouth Middle […]Read More
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) led the Senate delegation to Baku, Azerbaijan last weekend for the U.N.’s 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP)—the largest and most important venue for world governments to gather to find international agreement on ways to solve the global climate crisis. U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) […]Read More
Cranston, RI – Today, General Treasurer James A. Diossa announced that Treasury will offer a public retirement savings program for Rhode Island private sector employees not currently offered a retirement savings option by their employer. The RISavers Program (“RISavers”) – created by the Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program Act – will partner with an existing […]Read More
© LPR Noticias. All right reserved. Web design by Capa7