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Economic Activity 01/16/2026

PROVIDENCE – Representatives from a cross section of Rhode Island’s business and nonprofit sectors spent Thursday evening at the Graduate by Hilton Providence networking...

U.S. DISTRICT COURT Judge John McConnell Jr. issued a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump's administration from freezing federal funds until "further order of this Court" in Providence on Friday. / COURTESY U.S. DISTRICT COURT

Federal judge in R.I. agrees to temporarily block federal funding freeze

Economy 01/31/2025

The prospect of a federal funding freeze was put on ice by a federal judge in Rhode Island Friday afternoon. “The states have put forth...

PROVIDENCE and Central Falls have won a challenge to conditions of U.S. Department of Justice that would have tied public safety grants to immigration policy. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

Judge rules in favor of cities in suit over grant conditions

Government 11/15/2019

PROVIDENCE (AP) – A federal judge has sided with two Rhode Island cities that challenged the conditions of U.S. Department of Justice public safety...

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