Tag: U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
T.F. Green gets $9M in federal grants for airport improvements
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Airport Corp. on Wednesday was awarded more than $9 million in federal grants for operational upgrades and planning at Rhode...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to spend $1M to study Fox...
PROVIDENCE – Efforts to keep Providence’s iconic flood barrier on top of rising waters will get a $1 million boost from the U.S. Army...
Providence to demolish former Urban League building, redevelop property as ‘community...
PROVIDENCE – An Upper South Providence building that city preservationists had identified as culturally significant but "endangered" will be knocked down to make way...
E.P. reaches affordable housing goal with opening of rehabilitated Sutton Place
EAST PROVIDENCE – The city became the seventh municipality in Rhode Island to reach the state's 10% community goal for affordable housing with the...
N.K. Chamber gets $375K for new high school offshore wind certification...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Island high school students will soon be able to earn a certificate proving their ability to work in the offshore...
Sen. Whitehouse tests positive for COVID-19
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse tweeted Thursday morning that he has tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing “mild symptoms.”
The Rhode Island Democrat, who...
Mixed reactions: Anger, relief over Lifespan-CNE merger denial
PROVIDENCE – Reactions to the denial of a merger between Rhode Island’s major nonprofit hospital systems were mixed on Thursday, as stakeholders and critics...