Tag: Sheldon Whitehouse
Pawtucket Fire Department awarded $2.4M in federal grant
PROVIDENCE - The Pawtucket Fire Department and the Kingston Fire District were awarded $2.6 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Staffing for Adequate...
Four TEDxProvidence 2017 speakers announced
PROVIDENCE - The first four speakers of TEDxProvidence 2017 were announced Monday by the Providence Speaking Society.
The event, which will be held at the...
R.I. fire departments receive $2M in federal grants
PROVIDENCE - Fire departments in North Kingstown and Barrington have received a total of $2 million in federal funding as a part of the...
RIMTA, Bristol receive $125K to build composites industry
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s federal delegates announced a $125,000 grant to support job creation and economic growth in the state’s composites industry.
U.S. Sens. Jack...
Providence awarded $974K FEMA grant to buy new ambulance, fire truck
PROVIDENCE – An estimated $974,000 in federal funding is being made available to the Providence Fire Department to purchase two new vehicles, the state’s...
Senedia Defense Innovation Days dates announced
NEWPORT – The Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance’s fourth annual “Defense Innovation Days” will be held Aug. 28-30 at the Newport Marriott, Senedia...
R.I. receives $2M to bolster coastline
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island received a $1.98 million grant designed to protect against sea level rise and the dangers it poses to homes and...
Reed announces $3.7M in AmeriCorps grants for R.I.
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island received $3.7 million in federal AmeriCorps grants for Serve Rhode Island and several local service-oriented nonprofits according to a press...
Senators oppose elimination of Sea Grant program
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of 26 senators is calling for federal funding to be preserved for the National Sea Grant College Program, which...
Whitehouse, Reed challenge Trump’s proposed cuts to agency fighting opioid crisis
PROVIDENCE – Members of the Rhode Island congressional delegation weighed in on the Trump administration’s proposed funding cuts to the Office of National Drug...
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