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Whitehouse Joins Cranston Officials and Mental Health Professionals to Celebrate Improved Crisis Intervention Training for Local Law Enforcement
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Whitehouse Joins Cranston Officials and Mental Health Professionals to Celebrate

LPR News January 4, 2023

Cranston, RI – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse today joined Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins and representatives of the Cranston Police Department, Thundermist Health Center, Cranston Comprehensive Community Action Plan, and Gateway Emergency Health Services to announce improvements to de-escalation and crisis intervention training for local police officers.   Whitehouse helped shepherd the bipartisan Law Enforcement De-escalation Training Act into law […]Read More

Inauguration of Governor Dan McKee
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Inauguration of Governor Dan McKee

LPR News January 3, 2023

The inauguration of Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee was held today, Tuesday, January 3, at noon inside the Rhode Island Convention Center. Governor McKee was ceremonially sworn in for his first full term as Governor by Attorney General Peter Neronha using the McKee family Bible. The Governor’s wife, Susan McKee, held the Bible. She and […]Read More

RI Delegation Announces $2 million to Boost Local Vaccination Efforts
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RI Delegation Announces $2 million to Boost Local Vaccination Efforts

LPR News December 31, 2022

Community Health Centers receive grants from new HRSA imitative expanding access to updated COVID-19 vaccines PROVIDENCE, RI – Several Rhode Island community health organizations are getting a boost from a new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services program meant to increase vaccination rates for COVID-19 in underserved populations. In an effort to combat a winter surge of […]Read More

Mayor-elect Brett Smiley Announces Department Directors
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Mayor-elect Brett Smiley Announces Department Directors

LPR News December 30, 2022

PROVIDENCE, RI- Today, Mayor-elect Brett Smiley announced additional Department Director appointments that will begin serving with the new Administration in January.   “I’m incredibly proud of the team that we are building and the quality of the candidates who have expressed interest in coming on board,” said Mayor-elect Brett Smiley. “I am excited to announce […]Read More

US-China Rivalry Increases Tension in Southeast Asia
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US-China Rivalry Increases Tension in Southeast Asia

LPR News December 28, 2022

VOA NEWS-Lim Peh Hong, Liam Scott WASHINGTON — As the United States and China compete for influence worldwide, tension is rising between the superpowers in Southeast Asia over economic policies, territorial disputes in the South China Sea and Taiwanese independence. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) came into effect on January 1. RCEP is a China-led […]Read More

Cicilline, Buck Release Bill to Hold Online Platforms Accountable for Promoting Extremism
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Cicilline, Buck Release Bill to Hold Online Platforms Accountable for

LPR News December 27, 2022

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

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