Tag: Jack Reed
Reed, Whitehouse secure grants to expand access to mental health in...
NEWPORT – Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., announced that Newport Mental Health Center will receive $201,000 in federal funding to assist...
Farm Fresh R.I. receives $812K in food stamps support
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island initiave to increase access to locally sourced food for lower income residents has received $812,000 in federal funding.
The initiative,...
ProvPort offshore wind construction enters next phase
PROVIDENCE – Ongoing offshore wind hub construction at ProvPort is entering its next phase of advanced foundation components construction, following the completion of components...
Raimondo earns spot on Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2023...
PROVIDENCE – Former R.I. Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has been named to Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2023 list.
Raimondo served as the...
Health organizations get $9.1M to bolster services, medical research
PROVIDENCE – Four Rhode Island health care organizations will share $9.1 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to strengthen services across...
State receives additional $10M for Public School Energy Equity Program
WEST WARWICK – An additional $10 million in federal funding will be provided to finance Rhode Island’s Public School Energy Equity Program to be...
Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center seeing heavy traffic, development interest
The long-awaited Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center is finally here, and many agree it’s been a success so far.
The new transit center – comprised of...
R.I. gets additional $3.67M in federal funding to reduce home energy...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is receiving an additional $3.67 million in federal funds through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to help reduce...
NOAA moving Atlantic operations center to Newport, constructing $150M base
PROVIDENCE – Plans to relocate the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Operations Center-Atlantic from Norfolk, Va., to Naval Station Newport, are being finalized,...
Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence gets $2M in federal funding
PROVIDENCE – The Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence will be getting a seven-figure assist from the state’s U.S. senators to breathe life into...