PAWTUCKET— Youth 18-24 and homeless are among the most undercounted for the U.S. Census, and most affected by subsequent federal funding cuts, which the RI Coalition for the Homeless urges […]
![{CRTEDIT: EPA] Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, produce toxins that are hazardous to humans and animals.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Cyanobacteria-140x140.png)
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) warn against contact with toxic lakes – Edgewood and Pleasure Lakes in Roger […]
WARWICK, RI — RIDOT‘s going to close one of the two travel lanes on I-295 North for the weekend starting on Friday as part of repairs to the Knight Bridge, […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Warwick School Committee is making Warwick Public Schools Masks mandatory in the fall.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Warwick-Public_Schools-140x140.jpg)
Warwick, RI – The School Committee voted Wednesday morning not to move kindergarten classes to Veterans Middle School. The committee chose to wait for the arrival and installation of HEPA […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have joined Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and 31 other colleagues to prevent the Trump Administration’s suppression of […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House has passed a bipartisan stopgap funding bill to fund government through Dec. 11, by a vote of 359-57, taking over when the current bill […]
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article reported the sewer project had been approved. It has been moved into the pending file, meaning it’s continued without a specific hearing date […]
It’s Monday, and the weekend has been full of developments, from a small unemployment windfall to elementary COVID-19 cases, a last chance to count and a Supreme Court Justice’s passing. […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Rhode Island’s federal transportation project grants, generally $45 million each year, typically matching grants, may not be dispersed if the state fails to meet the matching funds […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] An image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The pandemic caused by the virus continues as children return to school this week. About 14 school COVID-19 test sites have been set up to track infections.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/COVID-19-CDC-Image-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Providence College are responding to an outbreak of COVID-19 among about 120 off-campus students near the school. The cases were […]
![[CREDIT: U.S. Senate] CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield told U.S. Sen Jack Reed (D-RI) that facemasks are more effective at preventing COVID-19 infection than a vaccine would be.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CDC-Director-Redfield-COVID-19-Senate-Facemasks-140x140.png)
WASHINGTON, DC – Wednesday, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield told U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) before a key Senate panel that face masks may provide more protection from COVID-19 than […]
![[CREDIT: Thrive] Thrive Behavioral Health offers telehealth mental health services, which are increasingly in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Thrive-Behavioral-Health-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Thrive Behavioral Health, Inc., Warwick-based non-profit, has received $5,000 from AAA’s Charitable Giving Committee which will aid its community-based and outpatient mental health and substance use treatment […]
