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PVD to become a Breeze Airways’ hub with new jobs and new routes
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PVD to become a Breeze Airways’ hub with new jobs

LPR News July 30, 2024

In May, officials from the State of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) celebrated the announcement by David Neeleman, Breeze Airways’ Founder and CEO, to significantly expand operations at Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) to have the airport serve as a connecting travel hub for the growing airline.   […]Read More

CITY OF PAWTUCKET RECEIVES INCREASE IN BOND RATING FROM FITCH RATINGS AND MOODY’S RATINGS
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CITY OF PAWTUCKET RECEIVES INCREASE IN BOND RATING FROM FITCH

LPR News July 25, 2024

PAWTUCKET – Mayor Donald R. Grebien today announced that the city’s bond rating has been reaffirmed by Moody’s Ratings and upgraded two notches by  Fitch Ratings. The City’s bond rating is similar to an individual’s credit score and impacts the interest rate at which investors buy the City’s bonds, providing funding for major capital projects. Fitch Ratings, one […]Read More

Message from Pawtucket Mayor Don Grebien
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Message from Pawtucket Mayor Don Grebien

LPR News July 23, 2024

Link to Auction:  https://citypawtucket.betterworld.org/auctions/mccoy-stadium-auction I am thrilled to share the wonderful news about our ongoing McCoy Stadium Auction! Since the auction went live, the outpouring of support from our community has been absolutely phenomenal. Together, we’ve already raised over $5,000 for our local charities!   This auction is a unique opportunity to own a piece […]Read More

Magaziner Elevates Workers Voices and the Need to Guarantee Paid Time Off for All Americans
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Magaziner Elevates Workers Voices and the Need to Guarantee Paid

LPR News July 22, 2024

Rep. Magaziner’s Protected Time Off Act (PTO Act) ensures that all American workers can earn paid annual leave PROVIDENCE,  RI —  U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) held a press conference on his bicameral bill, H.R. 7752: Protected Time Off (PTO) Act, to guarantee all workers have access to paid days off from work. He was joined by SEIU 1199 NE and […]Read More

Co-Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization That Imported Over 100 Kilos Of Cocaine Sentenced To Ten Years in Federal Prison
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Co-Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization That Imported Over 100 Kilos

LPR News July 22, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – The co-leader of a years-long drug trafficking conspiracy that shipped over 100 kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.   As reflected in court documents, Efrain Colon-Garcia, 43, and his wife, Yaniris Colon-Senquiz, 47, […]Read More

PAWTUCKET REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, SEEKS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR THE DOWNTOWN GATEWAY PROJECT
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PAWTUCKET REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET,

LPR News July 22, 2024

The Downtown Gateway Project Contains the former “Apex Pyramid” and “George’s Games” buildings PAWTUCKET – The Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency (“PRA”), in coordination with the City of Pawtucket, seeks development proposals for the Downtown Gateway Project. This is the next step in the continued effort to redevelop approximately 20 acres located in the Pawtucket Redevelopment Area. […]Read More

Attorney General Neronha, MADD RI, state leaders celebrate passage of DUI lookback legislation
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Attorney General Neronha, MADD RI, state leaders celebrate passage of

LPR News July 15, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Rhode Island, state leaders, and community advocates and partners, today highlighted public safety legislation passed in 2024 to extend the “lookback” period for impaired driving offenses from five years to 10 years. Additionally, they recommitted to the cause of holding accountable those […]Read More

ALL ABOARD: Quonset Shortline Railroad Upgrades Chugging Along Thanks to Federal Funding
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ALL ABOARD: Quonset Shortline Railroad Upgrades Chugging Along Thanks to

LPR News July 15, 2024

To celebrate moving trucks and congestion off roadways and more freight moving along Quonset’s enhanced freight rail system, U.S. Governor Dan McKee, Senator Jack Reed and members of the Rhode Island Congressional delegation was joined with Federal Rail Administrator Amit Bose and state and local officials for a special ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate three […]Read More

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