Tag: Government
Marx named U.S. SBA’s acting Rhode Island district director
PROVIDENCE – Catherine Marx, the current Connecticut district director for the U.S. Small Business Administration, will at least temporarily oversee the administration’s district office...
Temporary Bristol-Providence ferry service to end Jan. 19
PROVIDENCE – Citing low ridership and high costs in running it, the temporary ferry operating from Bristol to Providence to help alleviate congestion on...
State’s highest-paid employees include URI hoops coaches, university president
PROVIDENCE – It pays to be working for the University of Rhode Island, the R.I. Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals and the R.I....
R.I. monthly unemployment rises slightly to 2.9% in November
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in November was 2.9%, two-tenths of a percentage point higher than the previous month, the R.I. Department...
State awards $5.9M in housing, community development grants
PROVIDENCE – Fourteen local cities and towns received 31 housing and community development grants totaling $5.9 million from the state, Gov. Daniel J. McKee...
New R.I. food bank status report shows food insecurity has worsened
PROVIDENCE – With the COVID-19 pandemic fading in the rearview mirror, there was a belief that food insecurity would decrease with people returning to...
Pell Center survey: R.I. residents worried about health of U.S. democracy
NEWPORT – Rhode Islanders are concerned about the health of the U.S. democracy but the sources of such concerns depend on their party affiliation....
Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt resigns from office immediately
WOONSOCKET – Lisa Baldelli-Hunt, who has served as the city’s mayor for about a decade but ran into recent controversies within the last couple...
Voters go to polls to select new congressman, school bond measures
PROVIDENCE – Voters on Tuesday are going to the polls to either elect a new congressman to represent Rhode Island in the U.S. House...
CD1 candidates debate Israel, assault rifles, SCOTUS term limits
EAST PROVIDENCE – The conflict in Gaza, abortion, assault rifles and term limits on the U.S. Supreme Court were among the topics debated Friday...
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