DEM awarded $263,502 air monitoring grant for Port of Providence
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management will receive $263,502 to monitor air-toxics emissions near the Port of Providence and characterize risk to...
R.I. has spent $948,360 on travel-related COVID-19 tests
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has spent close to $1 million on travel-related coronavirus tests, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported on Sept. 28.
With the exception of...
Restore RI small-business grant program hits 1,000 mark
PROVIDENCE – Over 1,000 small businesses have received grants through the state’s Restore Rhode Island program, the R.I. Commerce Corp. announced on Sept. 29.
In...
URI offers free training to administer naloxone to prevent overdoses
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has launched the Community First Responder Program, which offers free online learning modules on how to...
CCRI to lay off 45 full-time employees
WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island on Sept. 22 announced it is laying off 45 full-time, non-faculty employees as a cost-cutting measure,...
SENEDIA receives $18.6M defense contract to help build submarine shipbuilding pipeline
MIDDLETOWN – The Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance has secured an $18.6 million defense contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to help...
Raimondo proposes cuts to Department of Corrections budget
CRANSTON – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has introduced a criminal justice reform package as part of her recommended fiscal year 2021 budget proposal, WLNE-TV...
R.I. AFL-CIO unanimously endorses changing state’s official name
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island AFL-CIO on Sept. 21 unanimously voted to endorse the proposed amendment to the state’s constitution, dropping the phrase “and...
City sees reduced crime after forming Fall River Violent Gun Task...
FALL RIVER – Two months after the July 10 launch of the police department’s Fall River Violent Gun Task Force, crimes in the city...
New agreement gives exclusive rights to Pawtucket soccer stadium developer, with...
PAWTUCKET – The state and city have signed an agreement giving Fortuitous Partners exclusive rights to develop a $400 million soccer stadium project along...
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