Tag: Federal Funding
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...
More than 20 states sue Trump administration over frozen after-school, summer...
EAST PROVIDENCE (AP) – More than 20 states, including Rhode Island, sued President Donald Trump's administration on Monday over billions of dollars in frozen...
Newport secures $11M federal grant for restoration, preservation of Cliff Walk
NEWPORT – The city's application for $11 million in federal funding to restore and preserve the Cliff Walk has been approved.
A section of the...
CDC terminates $31M in federal grants to RIDOH
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has canceled about $31 million in grant funding allocated to the R.I. Department of...
Edesia lays off 16 due to lack of USAID payments
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Edesia Inc. says it has laid off 16 workers, accounting for about 10% of its staff, due to a lack of...
R.I. federal judge extends block preventing the Trump administration from freezing...
BOSTON (AP) – A second federal judge on Thursday extended a block barring the Trump administration from freezing grants and loans potentially totaling trillions of dollars.
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Trump orders funding freeze during review of federal loans and grants
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting Tuesday as President Donald Trump's administration begins an across-the-board ideological review...
RIPEC: R.I.’s investment in affordable housing falls short
Record amounts of attention and funding only made a dent in Rhode Island’s housing crisis, with more than 24,000 units of income-restricted housing still...
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