Tag: Peter F. Neronha
New potential buyer for Roger Williams, Fatima Hospital emerges
PROVIDENCE – As a federal court considers a request to potentially close Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital by the...
Neronha joins lawsuit challenging rule change on public service loan forgiveness
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and 21 other attorneys general sued the U.S. Department of Education Monday over a new rule that...
Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP...
BOSTON (AP) – Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest...
Prospect seeks bankruptcy judge’s permission to close Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals
Delays in the sale of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital have led the owner of both hospitals to propose...
Providence allocates $25K to food bank, activates Emergency Food Plan
PROVIDENCE – The city on Thursday allocated $25,000 to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank the same day that a federal judge in Boston...
McKee declares state of emergency over loss of SNAP benefits
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday declared a state of emergency with thousands of Rhode Island residents set to lose food assistance...
Data breach victims informed 11 months later; is a loophole in...
Gov. Daniel J. McKee may have proclaimed October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in Rhode Island – aligning with a nationwide effort to combat the...
Rhode Island Foundation awards $2.5M to nonprofits for opioid recovery
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded nearly $2.5 million in grants to 19 nonprofits addressing the state's opioid crisis. The grants are...
Neronha grants fourth revision to Roger Williams, Fatima hospital deal
The Centurion Foundation, the Atlanta-based nonprofit trying to buy a pair of safety net Rhode Island hospitals, still can’t lure investors, prompting a fourth revision to...
Brown Health agrees to add 40K primary care patients in deal...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health, Rhode Island’s largest health system, will acquire a major physician network and add 40,000 new patients to its primary...


















