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Study: R.I. ranked 11th in nation for transportation funding use

Government 11/27/2023

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked 11th nationally for its use of transportation funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, according to a study...

LITTLE DIG: Richie Nero, left, of Boyle & Fogarty Construction Co., works on removing an old lead residential water supply line outside a home where service was getting upgraded to copper on June 29 in Providence. Health and environmental groups have been fighting for lead-free water to drink in Providence for at least a decade.  AP PHOTO/CHARLES KRUPA

Providence tries to solve city’s lead pipe problem

Government 07/21/2023

Prandy Tavarez and his wife were expecting a baby when they bought a four-bedroom house in a well-kept neighborhood of century-old homes in Providence....

FISHING GROUPS had filed a lawsuit to stop the creation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, and a federal appeals court has upheld an earlier decision by a federal judge to dismiss the case. PBN FILE PHOTO/JOHN LEE

Court upholds creation of national monument in Atlantic Ocean

Government 12/27/2019

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A federal appeals court on Friday upheld former President Barack Obama's designation of a federally protected conservation area in the Atlantic...

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Administrator Scott Pruitt has issued a new directive concerning a piece of the Clean Air Act that environmentalists believe will allow polluters to function more freely in the future.

EPA clears the air for polluters on U.S. factory emissions rules

Government 03/13/2018

NEW YORK – Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has issued a new directive that clarifies a powerful but technical facet of the Clean...

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