Tag: Sheldon Whitehouse
Cranston PD to use federal funding to improve mental health response
CRANSTON – The Cranston Police Department will receive $500,000 to invest in its crisis intervention team program and improve its mental health response.
Representatives from...
R.I. to get $87M from federal spending bill for dozens of...
PROVIDENCE – More than $87.2 million from the federal 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill that was approved by Congress this week will be directed to...
$1.25M in federal funding awarded for Woonasquatucket River resiliency upgrades
PROVIDNECE – Members of the R.I. congressional delegation on Tuesday announced the city and the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council have been awarded a pair...
R.I. receives $11.6M in federal funding to address health care workforce,...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is receiving around $11.6 million in federal funding to help strengthen the state’s public health care workforce and improve critical...
R.I. receives $5.5M for broadband improvements
PROVIDENCE – Almost 50,000 families in Rhode Island, or around 12% of all households, do not have internet connection, according to state data. Meanwhile, the...
Warren businesses highlighted ahead of Small Business Saturday
WARREN – As elected officials and locals crowded into downtown businesses on Tuesday morning for a Small Business Administration walking tour, the scene stood...
R.I. Black Business Association celebrates new HQ, equity business hub
PROVIDENCE – State and local leaders joined Rhode Island Black Business Association founder, CEO and President Lisa Ranglin on Monday to celebrate the acquisition...
Mayor, leaders open $5M Roger Williams Park Gateway Center
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza joined congressional and state leaders to open the Roger Williams Park Gateway Center on Monday.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated...
Quonset Point receiving additional $11.25M in federal funds to rehab Pier...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Island’s largest industrial business park will be infused with more federal money to help with infrastructure improvements.
The state’s congressional delegation...
Sojourner House receives $1.1M in federal grants to support abuse victims
PROVIDENCE – Sojourner House announced Thursday that the organization received two federal grants totaling $1.1 million to help expand services for victims of human...
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