PROVIDENCE, RI – Incoming Governor Dan McKee and his wife Susan received their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this morning at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. The Incoming Governor and his wife became eligible to receive the vaccine last week when the state expanded its vaccination program to include individuals between the ages of 65 and […]Read More
The Attorney General will continue to advocate for important changes to the state’s consumer protection law; Office to share consumer tips, alerts and stories throughout the week PROVIDENCE, RI – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha will join the Federal Trade Commission and more than 100 federal, state, and local agencies, consumer groups, and national advocacy […]Read More
This Tuesday morning, Incoming Governor Dan McKee was greeted with applause as he entered Cumberland Town Hall this morning to vote. Rhode Island is holding a special election Tuesday. Voters will decide on seven bond questions totaling $400 million in borrowing. Adding interest over the 20-year life of the bonds brings the total cost to […]Read More
By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – For weeks early last year, one U.S. state governor, New York’s Andrew Cuomo, stood out for his adept handling of the coronavirus pandemic as he shut down nonessential businesses in the state to prevent the spread of the virus and at daily nationally televised news conferences attacked the federal government’s halting […]Read More
Langevin Votes to Implement Biden’s $1.9 Trillion “American Rescue Plan”
Budget reconciliation bill contains approximately $1.7 billion in state and local aid for RI, $1,400 relief payments, enhanced unemployment benefits, and support for a national vaccination plan WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) today voted for H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a budget reconciliation bill that will support the implementation of President Joe […]Read More
By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – Millions of pages of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax returns and business documents have been turned over to New York prosecutors after he lost a 17-month effort to keep investigators from obtaining them. The records, including the federal income tax returns Trump filed with the government’s Internal Revenue Service from […]Read More
Langevin, McCaul, Meeks, Gallagher, Kinzinger, Keating Reintroduce the Cyber Diplomacy
WASHINGTON – House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems Chairman Jim Langevin (D-RI), House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), and Representatives Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), and Bill Keating (D-MA) introduced the Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2021. This bill will […]Read More
By Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE – As the nation marked 500,000 deaths because of COVID-19, U.S. President Joe Biden at twilight Monday walked to a White House South Portico decorated with black bunting and 500 candles. Alongside the president were first lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, who is […]Read More
By VOA News U.S. President Joe Biden meets virtually Tuesday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, marking Biden’s first bilateral meeting with a foreign leader since taking office last month. The two leaders are set to discuss China, climate change and other issues, according to a Biden administration official who spoke to reporters anonymously, as they […]Read More
Rush Limbaugh, a conservative radio host of right-wing media in the U.S. for 30+ years, died on Wednesday after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 70. Limbaugh’s wife, Kathryn, announced the news on his radio show. Limbaugh revealed his illness to listeners of his syndicated “The Rush Limbaugh Show” in February 2020. That […]Read More
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