Tag: Seth Magaziner
Cliff Walk repairs part of expected $32M from Congress for R.I....
PROVIDENCE – The state is expected to receive more than $32 million in federal funding to support 29 community projects across Rhode Island, including...
Tomaquag Museum receives $444K federal grant to help build new home...
PROVIDENCE – The Tomaquag Museum is receiving another financial boost from the state’s congressional delegation to build a new facility on the University of...
‘She-cession’ cessation: Women’s employment hits record high, but hardships endure
After taking the entire 2022-2023 school year off for maternity leave, Erin Thibeault wasn’t just eager to return to work as a first grade...
R.I. receives $4.4M in federal funding to help build healthier communities
PROVIDENCE – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is awarding a five-year $4.4 million grant to the R.I. Department of Health as part...
Magaziner announces $1M in federal funds to expand Warwick Health Center...
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., has announced a $1 million grant for Comprehensive Community Action’s Everett C. Wilcox Health Center in Warwick.
The...
E.P. gets $200K for small-business incubator
EAST PROVIDENCE – The city on Wednesday announced a $200,000 federal award for a small-business and blue-economy incubator project at the former Oldham Elementary...
Construction on new Central Falls High School slated to start in...
CENTRAL FALLS – The city’s high school, the oldest in Rhode Island, has been showing its age for many years.
Mayor Maria Rivera, who graduated...
RIPTA gets $13.5M in federal grants to expand service, hybrid electric...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority has received $13.5 million in federal grants to expand both its service and hybrid electric fleet,...
Block Island Airport lands $2.6M to shore up infrastructure
NEW SHOREHAM - On the heels of $9 million secured for Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in May, Rhode Island’s congressional delegation on...
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...