Tag: Sheldon Whitehouse
Whitehouse appointed to Senate Finance Committee
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse was appointed to the Senate Finance Committee by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Tuesday, the only major committee...
6-10 Interchange ceremony kicks off project
PROVIDENCE - A ceremony celebrating the beginning of the 6-10 Interchange project took place Monday morning at 1 Magnolia St. in the city.
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Whitehouse: Offshore drilling in R.I. not happening
PROVIDENCE – Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., on Thursday gave a pointed response to the Trump administration’s plan to vastly expand offshore drilling in several...
Accountable care creates new roles, rapid growth at Coastal Medical
Coastal Medical is a physician-owned-and-governed, primary care-driven accountable care organization based in Providence. It delivers service to 120,000 patients, with 20 medical offices and...
RIHCA presents Fessler with clinical leadership award
WARWICK – The Rhode Island Health Center Association honored Dr. Sarah Fessler, chief medical officer and practicing family medicine physician at East Bay Community...
R.I. to receive $2.4M for community development and affordable housing
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has awarded $2.4 million in a round of federal grants, including $1.9 million in Community Development Block Grant funding as...
Medical community decries Trump administration’s cut of birth control coverage
PROVIDENCE – The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services’ new rules eliminating the mandate that all businesses provide coverage for birth control...
R.I. receives $24.5M college prep grant
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island received a $24.5 million grant to help economically disadvantaged public school students prepare for college, the state’s congressional delegation announced...
Whitehouse wants automatic IRAs
WASHINGTON – Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., last week introduced legislation that would require some employers, who do not provide retirement plans, to automatically enroll...
Affordable Care Act reform hopes renewed after GOP repeal abandoned
PROVIDENCE – Local hopes for bipartisan health insurance market-stabilizing legislation were rekindled Sep. 25 when Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, opposed the latest Affordable Care...
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