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R.I. environmental nonprofits sue Trump administration over funding freeze

Government 03/19/2025

Urban tree plantings, lead pipe education for landlords and local composting are already suffering from the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze, a new lawsuit...

United Way launches nonprofit fund amid federal funding uncertainty

Government 03/12/2025

PROVIDENCE – Citing uncertainty surrounding the status of federal funding and possible threats to local nonprofits’ stability, the United Way of Rhode Island Inc....

R.I. prepared if federal funds for decarbonization don’t materialize

Economic Activity 02/27/2025

Federal funds for decarbonization aren’t guaranteed anymore. Don’t worry, Rhode Island has a Plan B. A years-in-the-making strategy for how Rhode Island will meet its...

THE RHODE ISLAND Food Policy Council has received an $18.7 million federal grant to help finance a project that will address food waste reduction, climate resilience and capacity building within the local community. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOOD POLICY COUNCIL

R.I. Food Policy Council receives $18.7M federal grant to address food...

Food & Agriculture 12/18/2024

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Food Policy Council has received a major eight-figure federal grant to help finance a project that the council says...

BETA GROUP INC., a Lincoln-based engineering firm, has been awarded a $1.4 million design contract from the city of Pawtucket to help design the riverwalk and pedestrian bridge adjacent to the new Tidewater Landing stadium along the Seekonk River. / COURTESY CITY OF PAWTUCKET

BETA Group awarded $1.4M design contract for Tidewater Landing’s riverwalk, pedestrian...

Government 08/01/2024

PAWTUCKET – The city has awarded Lincoln-based engineering firm BETA Group Inc. a $1.4 million design contract to help design the riverwalk and pedestrian...

DIGGING IT: Narragansett Bay Commission Chairman Vincent J. Mesolella, center, examines the progress made in the combined sewer overflow tunnel deep below Pawtucket. He is surrounded by contractors working on the project. Behind Mesolella is the boring machine that chewed through 2 miles of bedrock over three years. COURTESY NARRAGANSETT BAY COMMISSION

A boring job completed; enormous impact ahead?

Focus 07/19/2024

After taking three years to travel little more than 2 miles, the Narragansett Bay Commission finally reached a finish line of sorts in February...

EPA fines Ocean State Job Lot $53.5K for misbranded bug zappers

Business Services 07/10/2024

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Ocean State Job Lot has agreed to pay a $53,500 federal fine after the discount retailer and the U.S. Environmental Protection...

R.I. gets $28.65M in federal funding for lead pipe replacement projects

Government 05/02/2024

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $28.65 million for lead pipe replacement projects across the state, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. The federal...

RHODE ISLAND will receive $47.5 million in federal funding for clean water projects, according to embers of the state's congressional delegation. / AP FILE PHOTO/SUSAN WALSH

R.I. receives $47.5M in federal funding for clean water projects

Economy 02/20/2024

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $47.5 million in federal funding to help pay for clean water projects, members of the state's congressional delegation...