Tag: U.S. Sen. Jack Reed
R.I. getting $29.8M in federal aid for housing, community development
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $29.8 million in federal aid for housing and community-development programs, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced Tuesday.
The funding will...
R.I. seafood industry getting nearly $400K in aid
PROVIDENCE – Nearly $400,000 in federal funding is on the way to help Rhode Island’s seafood industry recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the state's...
McKee in limbo awaiting Raimondo confirmation
PROVIDENCE – Lt. Gov. Daniel J. McKee stayed away from Thursday's R.I. Department of Health COVID-19 briefing and may not attend another one, according...
Electric Boat celebrates $9.5B contract for first two submarines in Columbia...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – General Dynamics Electric Boat has secured a $9.5 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to construct and test the first two...
$58B airline bailout is troubling for T.F. Green Airport
T.F. Green Airport has become a ghost town during the coronavirus crisis, and the way the federal stimulus funding is being doled out could...
General Dynamics Electric Boat: Full speed ahead on submarine work
WARWICK – General Dynamics Electric Boat plans to add between 1,000 and 1,500 jobs in Rhode Island and grow its local network of suppliers...
BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act OKs $100M for public health response
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The $100 million Building Our Largest Dementia, or BOLD, Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act, recently signed into law, applies a public health...
Officials celebrate T.F. Green runway extension completion
WARWICK – Aviation, state and city authorities gathered on Monday to celebrate the recent completion of a massive runway extension project at T.F. Green...