Tag: Congress
Amo co-sponsors blockchain bill to promote diplomacy and national security
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo, D-R.I., has co-introduced a resolution “to unleash the potential” of distributed ledger technologies, or DLT, such as blockchain...
3 priorities for Congress in lame-duck session
After a long and brutally divisive election season, federal lawmakers now return to Capitol Hill for the final weeks of the 118th Congress –...
If the 2017 tax cut sunsets, it could boost charitable giving
With the clock ticking down on the $1.5 trillion tax cut approved by Republicans in 2017, America’s wealthiest donors and their advisers are beginning...
Federal Reserve is set to cut rates again while facing a...
WASHINGTON (AP) – No one knows how Tuesday's presidential election will turn out, but the Federal Reserve's move two days later is much easier...
Cox Communications sues R.I. over $108M broadband plan
PROVIDENCE – Cox Communications on Monday filed a lawsuit against the state, accusing R.I. Commerce Corp. of using “flawed data” and mismanaging the rollout...
Lawmakers seek health care, retirement protections for Steward Health Care workers
BOSTON (AP) – A group of Democratic members of Congress, led by Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts, is seeking reassurances that workers at hospitals owned by...
Is this the least productive Congress ever? Maybe
Congress has once again been making headlines for all the wrong reasons, with the current 118th Congress touted as possibly the least productive in...
R.I. avoided worst-case scenario on Washington Bridge. What are best options...
And now we know what a catastrophe looks like.
The deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, which left six people...
Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used...
U.S. wholesale prices picked up in February in sign that inflation...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Wholesale prices in the United States accelerated again in February, the latest sign that inflation pressures in the economy remain elevated...
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