PC anticipates continued positive momentum despite Cooley’s departure
PROVIDENCE – For more than a decade, Ed Cooley did not just bring solid consistency to the Providence College men’s basketball team. He was...
Brown University’s ‘Brown Promise’ financial assistance program now permanent
PROVIDENCE – Brown University’s “Brown Promise” program, which offers scholarship funds in lieu of packaged loans that the Ivy League institution eliminated four years...
Five Questions With: Angélica Infante-Green
Angélica Infante-Green is Rhode Island’s education commissioner. The R.I. Department of Education, in partnership with XQ Institute, created a new “schedule flexibility” program in...
Housing Network: Members contributed $60.5M to R.I. economy in 2022
PROVIDENCE – In its annual Membership Impact Report unveiled March 13, Housing Network of Rhode Island said that its 15 nonprofit members contributed $60.5...
Philanthropy Calendar, March 29, 2023
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Bill allowing wagers on R.I.-based college sports teams passes Senate
PROVIDENCE – The Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would allow for wagers to be placed on Rhode Island-based college sports teams or on...
Local education partnerships receive $3.9M in ARPA-funded grants
WARWICK – State elected and education officials on Tuesday at Oakland Beach Elementary School announced that 21 grants totaling $3.9 million were awarded to...
DMV to update manual amid ACLU concerns that it dismisses racial profiling, misleads drivers
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Division of Motor Vehicles will update its driver's manual in response to the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island...
State receives additional $10M for Public School Energy Equity Program
WEST WARWICK – An additional $10 million in federal funding will be provided to finance Rhode Island’s Public School Energy Equity Program to be...
At DCYF, labor shortages creating big headaches
The state is struggling to hire and retain public employees, but the labor problems are particularly troubling at the R.I. Department of Children Youth...
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