Tag: Federal Funding
RIDOT gets $13.5M for Providence ferry terminal upgrades
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation has been awarded $13.5 million in federal funding to upgrade the ferry terminal at India Point that...
Cranston receiving $1.1M to prevent flooding in Garden Street area
CRANSTON – The city is receiving $1.1 million in federal funding for upgraded infrastructure that will help prevent flooding in the Garden Street area,...
Aquidneck Island communities granted $19.2M in federal funding for safer streets
NEWPORT – Communities on Aquidneck Island are getting $19.2 million in federal funding for roadway, bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements, according to Rhode Island...
R.I. lands $20.3M for T.F. Green, other airports
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Airport Corp. has been awarded $20.3 million in federal funding, the state’s congressional delegation announced Monday.
The funding, which will be...
Pentagon to cut ties with Brown and others Hegseth accuses of ‘wokeness’
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon will forbid members of the military from attending Brown University, Columbia, Yale, and other universities starting next school year...
Trump threatens to halt federal money next month not only to...
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that starting Feb. 1 he will deny federal funding to any states that are home to local governments resisting...
Judge blocks Planned Parenthood ‘defund’ provision for 22 states, including R.I.
A federal judge has once again blocked a controversial provision barring federal Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood and other nonprofit reproductive health providers. But...
Trump asks Brown, other colleges to sign ‘Compact’ for favorable access...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House is asking nine major universities to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable...
Neronha: R.I. to get frozen federal education funding
PROVIDENCE – The Trump administration has agreed to end a multistate lawsuit by releasing the full balance of more than $6 billion in federal...
Neronha co-leads lawsuit fighting Trump restrictions on crime victim grants
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha on Monday joined 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration, accusing it of threatening...
