VOA NEWS-Matt Haines NEW ORLEANS — Marie Rodriguez of Bountiful, Utah, began using social media when she enlisted in the U.S. Navy. At first, she saw it as a positive thing. “It helped me to really keep in touch with people at home while I was deployed and living overseas,” she told VOA. However, in […]Read More
US Spending Bill Includes Sanctions for Harassing, Surveilling Iranian Citizens
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BUFFALO, NEW YORK —Storm-weary road crews and residents of western New York state in the United States struggled on Tuesday to dig out from a deadly weekend blizzard, with snow still falling and forecasts for rapid warming and rains that could cause flooding and turn the frozen landscape to slush. The region in and around […]Read More
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines scrubbed thousands of flights again Tuesday in the aftermath of the massive winter storm that wrecked Christmas travel plans across the United States, and the federal government said it would investigate why the company lagged so far behind other carriers. A day after most U.S. airlines had recovered from the storm, Southwest […]Read More
Washington, D.C.—Representative David N. Cicilline, Chair, and Representative Ken Buck, Ranking Member, of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law today announced the Platform Integrity Act, a bipartisan bill to correct judicial misinterpretation of a provision of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. 230(c)(1), by recognizing that online platforms may be […]Read More
Baker-Polito Administration Awards $1 Million through the Cranberry Bog Renovation
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McKee Administration to Release Request for Qualifications for State’s Non-Emergency
Feedback from clients, community and national best practices built into proposal to ensure greater accountability, transparency and safety PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, the McKee Administration’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services announced that is is releasing an RFQ (Request For Qualifications) for the state’s non-emergency medical transportation program. The RFP will be available later this […]Read More
Anastasia Bergmann has extensive experience in healthcare human resources and comes from Point32Health in Massachusetts PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Dec. 16, 2022) – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) has appointed Anastasia Bergmann, a healthcare human resources leader, as vice president and chief people officer. Bergmann comes to BCBSRI from Point32 Health, the organization formed from […]Read More
Integration of new platform among the ways 211 is connecting health and social care providers to improve overall health and wellbeing of Rhode Islanders in need Providence, R.I. As part of an effort to improve the health of all Rhode Islanders, United Way of Rhode Island has upgraded the capabilities of its 211 service with […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI- Today, Mayor-elect Brett Smiley announced several key appointments within Providence Public Safety that will serve with the new Administration in January. “A top priority of my Administration is ensuring that every resident feels safe and that our community feels as though our public safety officials are accessible and qualified,” said Mayor-elect Brett […]Read More
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