Join City Council President Sabina Matos and the Elisha Project for an event with free food and face masks! This will be a drive-thru event. Please enter Kelley Street on Magnolia Street. Residents are also able to walk-in to the event.Mask wearing and social distancing are expected and required. Thank you for your cooperation!Please Note: […]Read More
CRANSTON, R.I. – The Rhode Island Department of Corrections Director, Patricia A. Coyne-Fague, Esq., announced today in a public statement the passing of one of their own as a result of COVID19: “It is with a heavy heart that I must report the loss of Lt. Russell Freeman, who passed away early this morning from […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI— Lifespan, Rhode Island’s largest health care system, has begun rapidly administering Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to its frontline workers. Today, Lifespan held the first vaccination clinics on the Rhode Island Hospital campus where the highest risk employees were scheduled to receive the vaccine. Christian Arbelaez, MD, Attending Physician and Vice Chair Academic Affairs, Emergency […]Read More
The William C. Clifton, Sr. Clerkship Program, named for the distinguished judge who served as the first African American Special Assistant Attorney General, was established in 2019 and is designed to attract talented, underrepresented law students to careers in public service. PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Office of the Attorney General is now accepting applications for its 2021 William C. Clifton, […]Read More
By Patsy Widakuswara WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday announced several more nominees for top spots in his administration, including three women of color. In a statement, the Biden-Harris transition team said it was nominating U.S. Representative Marcia Fudge to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, former United Nations Ambassador Susan […]Read More
HUD-VASH voucher to provide housing for veterans BOSTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced it is awarding $298,280 in rental assistance in Rhode Island to house 30 veterans at risk of experiencing homelessness. This funding is part of $46 million being awarded nationally. The supportive housing assistance is provided […]Read More
REGION I –Rhode Island will receive $21,703,368 from FEMA to reimburse costs incurred by Rhode Island Department of Administration for construction of three alternative hospital sites to ensure hospital capacity in the wake of COVID-19. The sites, at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, Citizens Bank in Cranston, and former Lowe’s Home Improvement Store in […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Lt. Governor Dan McKee today sent a letter to Governor Gina Raimondo urging her administration to take a series of swift, transparent actions to ensure Rhode Island spends its $1.25B in CARES Act funds fully and equitably before the December 30, 2020 deadline. The Lt. Governor’s letter outlines the following requests: Provide the […]Read More
By Carla Babb WASHINGTON – Retired U.S. Army General Lloyd Austin is poised to return to the Pentagon as President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for defense secretary, according to sources familiar with the decision. He will become the first African American to hold the post if he is confirmed by the Senate. Born in 1953 in the […]Read More
By VOA News Britain has vaccinated its first citizen against the COVID-19 virus. Ninety-year-old nursing home resident Margaret Keenan received the first of two doses of a vaccine jointly developed by U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech. The vaccination campaign, dubbed “V-Day” by Health Secretary Mark Hancock, began nearly a week after the government’s […]Read More
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