RIDOH Girds Against Coronavirus Spread
![[CREDIT: CDC] The new coronavirus has been detected in California, Washington State, Arizona and Illinois. Only five cases had been reported as of Jan. 27, 2019.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Coronavirus-spread-U.S.-CDC-Jan.-28-2019-140x140.png)
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is coordinating with state health workers as federal officials monitor a respiratory illness outbreak caused by a new form of coronavirus […]
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Rep. McNamara Bill Would Create Drug Affordability Board
STATE HOUSE — Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) has introduced legislation that would create a prescription drug affordability board to protect Rhode Islanders from the high costs […]
![[CREDIT: Sal Caiozzo] Sal Caiozzo of Warwick has announced his candidacy for RI State Senate Dist. 31 (Warwick/Cranston)](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Caiozzo-140x140.jpg)
Caiozzo Announces Dist. 31 Run Against Lynch Prata
WARWICK, RI — Sal Caiozzo of Warwick has announced his candidacy for RI State Senate Dist. 31 (Warwick/Cranston), challenging incumbent Democrat Erin Lynch Prata in the Nov. 3, 2020 election. […]
![[CREDIT: Mary Carlos] Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial in Washington D.C. By King's reckoning, the evils of racism, poverty and war were intertwined, and King was determined to oppose them all.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Martin-Luther-King-DC-Monument-2011-140x140.jpg)
MLK Day – What’s Open And Closed?
Nearly 52 years after Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis outside the Lorraine Motel room where he was organizing a crusade against poverty, the scourge […]
RIDOT OKs Dave’s Market West Shore Road Plaza Traffic Light
WARWICK, RI — The RI Department of Transportation’s State Traffic Commission has approved the traffic light at 2574 West Shore Road, the site of a new Dave’s Marketplace, conditional on […]
House OKs Age Discrimination Act, With Langevin, Cicilline Votes
WARWICK, RI — Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) and David Cicilline voted in favor of H.R. 1230, the Protect Older Workers Against Age Discrimination Act, on Wednesday, setting the burden of […]
U.S. Senate Confirms Former RIEMA Chief FEMA Administrator
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate confirmed former RI Emergency Management chief Peter T. Gaynor as FEMA Administrator Tuesday. The Senate confirmed Gaynor by a vote of 81-9. Gaynor, has […]
![[CREDIT: RI Treasurer] RI Treasurer Seth Magaziner reports more than $1M in unclaimed property will be returned after thousands visited findrimoney.com.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/RI-Treasury-Unclaimed-Property-140x140.jpg)
RI Treasurer: Thousands Claim More than $1M in Unclaimed Property
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — RI Treasurer Seth Magaziner says thousands of Rhode Islanders have visited findrimoney.com and made claims for more than $1.1 million of their missing money after the unclaimed […]
RI Attorney General Names Weizenbaum Civil Division Chief
PROVIDENCE, RI— Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is appointing Miriam Weizenbaum of Providence the next Chief of the Civil Division, succeeding Rebecca Partington, on her retirement in February. Partington will […]
![[CREDIT: Matthew Yehle] Matthew Yehle performed a citizens pothole patch on Meadow View Avenue, inspiring a meeting between Harbor Lights and Mayor Solomon about road repairs there.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Meadow-View-pothole-fix-140x140.jpg)
Citizen Pothole Patch Spurs Harbor Lights, Mayor, Meeting About Road
WARWICK, RI — After Matthew Yehle and his neighbors waited months for the city to patch a pothole at the end of Meadow View Avenue, he repaired it himself, then […]
Divided Council Passes Fire Contract with Errors Intact
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council ratified the Warwick Firefighters contract 5-4 Jan. 6, with language that prevents the city from disputing certain injury claims and incorrect wording that […]
Chafee Seeks Libertarian 2020 Presidential Nomination
WASHINGTON, DC — Former Warwick mayor, RI senator and governor Lincoln Chafee’s Wyoming move hasn’t dulled his political ambition or plasticity, his federal filing as a 2020 libertarian presidential candidate […]
