Tag: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Revolution Wind developers file injunction to block latest federal suspension order
PROVIDENCE – The developers behind Revolution Wind moved to block the latest federal order suspending the offshore wind project on Thursday in what's become...
PBN’s most-read stories of 2025
News of Providence's changing cityscape generated the most buzz in 2025, with the top-read articles detailing new developments and commercial projects. The Ocean State...
RIPTA lands $25M federal grant to purchase new hybrid buses
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority has received a $25 million federal grant through the Low or No Emission Grant Program to acquire...
Salve poll: McKee approval still underwater; Harris leads Trump
NEWPORT – A new poll released Monday by Salve Regina University’s Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy shows poor but improving approval...
R.I. gets $1.5M to remove sunken barge in Providence River
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management is getting $1.5 million to remove a 113-foot-long sunken barge from the Providence River and salvage...
U.S. Navy, NOAA awards $146.8M contract for new Marine Operations Center...
NEWPORT – The U.S. Navy, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Tuesday, announced it has awarded New York-based Skanska USA Inc....
IN THE WIND: Nascent local industry holds promise of job growth
When Rhode Island political leaders, educators and employers consider the future of offshore wind – with lots of big, white turbines spinning in the...
R.I. congressional delegates discuss rate hikes, Ukraine at Chamber breakfast
WARWICK – With the Federal Reserve scheduled to next meet on June 14 to set the short-term interest rate, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., on...
R.I. receives $63.8M allocation for new home energy rebate programs
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is receiving a $63.8 million allocation to help implement new home energy rebate programs set up under the Inflation Reduction...
R.I. seafood industry getting nearly $400K in aid
PROVIDENCE – Nearly $400,000 in federal funding is on the way to help Rhode Island’s seafood industry recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the state's...



















