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Treasurer Diossa Welcomes the Hawaiʻi Retirement Savings Program to the Multistate Alliance for Retirement Security
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Treasurer Diossa Welcomes the Hawaiʻi Retirement Savings Program to the

LPR News June 17, 2026

Growing partnership strengthens States’ Retirement Programs, benefits savers. Providence, RI – Rhode Island Treasurer James A. Diossa and Comptroller Sean Scanlon today welcomed the Hawaiʻi Retirement Savings Program (HSRP) as the newest member of the Multistate Alliance for Retirement Savings (Retirement Alliance), an interstate partnership for state-facilitated automatic-IRA retirement savings programs. RISavers and MyCTSavings created […]Read More

South Kingstown man to serve life in prison for child molestation and sexual assault
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South Kingstown man to serve life in prison for child

LPR News June 17, 2026

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a South Kingstown man has been sentenced in Washington County Superior Court to serve life in prison at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for child molestation and sexual assault. On June 15, 2026, at a hearing before Superior Court Justice Kristin E. Rodgers, Luke Gedeon (age […]Read More

Journey to Hope, Health and Healing and Former CEO Agree to Pay $10.2 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations
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Journey to Hope, Health and Healing and Former CEO Agree

LPR News June 17, 2026

PROVIDENCE: Journey to Hope Health and Healing (Journey) and its former CEO, Kenneth L. Richardson, Jr., have agreed to pay $10.2 million to resolve allegations that the opioid treatment provider submitted false claims to the Rhode Island Medicaid program and Medicare for substance use disorder treatment services that were not provided. Journey, when owned and […]Read More

Governor McKee and First Lady Highlight Litter-Free Rhode Island Spring Microgrant Recipients
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Governor McKee and First Lady Highlight Litter-Free Rhode Island Spring

LPR News June 15, 2026

Program awarded more than $38k to community groups PROVIDENCE, RI — Today, Governor Dan McKee, First Lady Susan McKee, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) Director Terry Gray, and the Litter-Free Rhode Island (LFRI) program announced that it distributed more than $38,000 in microgrant and grant awards through the program’s Spring 2026 Microgrant program. […]Read More

TACV CABO VERDE AIRLINES TO LAUNCH NONSTOP TRANSATLANTIC SERVICE LINKING RHODE ISLAND AND CABO VERDE
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TACV CABO VERDE AIRLINES TO LAUNCH NONSTOP TRANSATLANTIC SERVICE LINKING

LPR News June 15, 2026

Marking PVD’s second International Destination in 2026 Warwick, RI – Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) will welcome the launch of new international service from TACV Cabo Verde Airlines, who previously served this destination, beginning May 4, 2026, establishing a direct air link between Providence and Praia, Cabo Verde. The weekly service marks […]Read More

Amo, Casar Demand Explanation from CFTC Over Suspiciously Precise, Massively Profitable Prediction Market Bets on Trump’s War in Iran
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Amo, Casar Demand Explanation from CFTC Over Suspiciously Precise, Massively

LPR News June 8, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI-01) and Congressman Greg Casar (D-TX-35) demanded answers from Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig over his reluctance to crack down on extremely accurate, tremendously profitable prediction market trades on Trump’s war of choice in Iran. A 60 Minutes investigation identified nine anonymous accounts that collectively made more than $2.4 million through […]Read More

$1 Million Investment In Central Falls’ SMART® Clinics To Expand Healthcare Access And Offer First In-School Dental Care
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$1 Million Investment In Central Falls’ SMART® Clinics To Expand

LPR News May 20, 2026

At Ella Risk Elementary School in Central Falls, Dr. Emily Thomas, SMART® Clinic Founder Melanie Ginn, POC Managing Trustee John Tarantino, POC Founder Barbara Papitto, Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera, and Central Falls Deputy School Superintendent Ann Lynch. For families across Rhode Island, a trip to the doctor, dentist, or counselor has too often meant time off […]Read More

House Foreign Affairs Vice Ranking Member Amo Leads 29 Members in Demanding End to Trump’s Illegal, Costly, War of Choice in Iran
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House Foreign Affairs Vice Ranking Member Amo Leads 29 Members

LPR News May 20, 2026

Washington, DC – TODAY, House Foreign Affairs Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) led 29 Members in introducing a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to stop President Donald Trump’s illegal war of choice with Iran, which is driving up costs and making Americans less safe. If Speaker Johnson does not immediately bring this resolution […]Read More

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