Tag: Barack Obama
URI launches mental health nurse practitioner master’s program
Nationwide, and here in Rhode Island, the health care industry is suffering from a documented shortage of qualified nurse practitioners.
Employment in the sector across...
Betsy DeVos loses student loan lawsuit brought by 19 States
NEW YORK - U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos lost a lawsuit brought by 19 states, including Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia, accusing...
Lawrence receives UMass Civic Leadership Award
THE REV. ROBERT P. LAWRENCE, who had previously served churches in Little Compton, Fall River and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, was recently presented...
Langevin: ‘Missed opportunity’ in NIST Cybersecurity Framework update
PROVIDENCE – Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus and a senior member of the House Committees on Armed...
Trump’s SEC proposes rewrite of Obama-era broker conflict rules
NEW YORK – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday proposed overhauling its conflict of interest rules for brokers, a move likely ensuring...
Do you agree with the rollback of automobile efficiency standards that...
In reversing another Obama-era rule, the Trump administration has rolled back the automobile fuel efficiency standards that were set to be in effect through...
R.I. State Police, CCRI train IT pros in critical agencies
NEWPORT – The R.I. State Police Joint Cyber Task Force and the Community College of Rhode Island held a three-day training workshop last week...
Should the U.S. government rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
By setting a time limit on the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program created by executive order by former President Barack...
What should President Donald Trump’s highest priority be right now?
With the initial efforts to repeal and/or replace the Affordable Care Act pulled from the congressional docket, what should the president set his policy...
GOP’s Obamacare repeal would cut insured by 32 million, CBO says
WASHINGTON - A Republican fallback plan to repeal all of Obamacare without a replacement health program would lead to 32 million more people uninsured than under...
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