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NEW CENTER SEEKS TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS IN LATINX MENTAL HEALTHCARE
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NEW CENTER SEEKS TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS IN LATINX MENTAL HEALTHCARE

LPR News October 26, 2023

The Atrévete Center of Excellence for Latinx/Hispanic Social Work Practice plans to add up to 55 bilingual providers across Rhode Island by 2027. For many years, it’s been challenging for Latinx community members in Rhode Island to find a bilingual mental health provider. The pandemic only made that prospect worse. In fact, Rhode Island’s behavioral […]Read More

Seniors can get a jump on Medicare Annual Enrollment Period by enrolling now in a Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island plan
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Seniors can get a jump on Medicare Annual Enrollment Period

LPR News October 25, 2023

PROVIDENCE, R.I.  – The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) presents nearly a quarter of Rhode Island’s population with important health insurance opportunities and decisions. But the choices are easier thanks to having a locally based insurer, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI), whose plans have more members than any other insurer in […]Read More

Grassroots Funding: Reed, Whitehouse & Magaziner Deliver $3.5 Million to Advance Community-Driven Environmental Justice Initiatives
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Grassroots Funding: Reed, Whitehouse & Magaziner Deliver $3.5 Million to

LPR News October 25, 2023

New federal funds will finance five local environmental justice initiatives focused on cleaner air, cleaner water, and lead poisoning prevention WASHINGTON, DC — In an effort to improve public health and wellness through cleaner air and reduced lead hazards, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Seth Magaziner announced $3,439,618 to fund five environmental […]Read More

Utopia Foods Recalls Enoki Mushrooms
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Utopia Foods Recalls Enoki Mushrooms

LPR News October 25, 2023

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that Utopia Foods is recalling all lots of their 200-gram packages of Enoki Mushrooms because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.   The recalled Enoki Mushrooms were distributed to wholesalers in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Maryland. Products may have […]Read More

Community College of Rhode Island Professor Selected for Alex Trebek Legacy Fellowship by Television Academy Foundation
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Community College of Rhode Island Professor Selected for Alex Trebek

LPR News October 25, 2023

Brianna Cox, assistant professor of communication and media at Community College of Rhode Island, has been selected for an Alex Trebek Legacy Fellowship by the Television Academy Foundation in Hollywood. She is one of just 12 professors selected from colleges and universities nationwide for the fellowship program. Named in honor of the late Alex Trebek, longtime host of the quiz […]Read More

Attorney General Neronha, Mayor Maria Rivera, state legislators, and advocates host lead safety celebration day
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Attorney General Neronha, Mayor Maria Rivera, state legislators, and advocates

LPR News October 24, 2023

Attorney General’s Office launches web-based resource for lead poisoning prevention and remediation CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera, state legislators, and community partners, today highlighted recent lead poisoning prevention efforts, including historic legislation passed in 2023, and recommitted to the cause of eradicating childhood lead poisoning in […]Read More

Under McKee Administration, Rhode Island Secures Federal Designation as Tech Hub, Continuing to Position State as Leader in Ocean Technology
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Under McKee Administration, Rhode Island Secures Federal Designation as Tech

LPR News October 23, 2023

PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation today announced that Rhode Island and its Southeastern New England partners have secured an official federal designation as a Tech Hub. Rhode Island’s proposal for an Ocean Tech Hub was one out of 31 inaugural Tech Hubs announced today by the Biden Administration. Today’s designation […]Read More

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