Congressman Cicilline Resigning to Lead RI Foundation
By: Rob Borkowski on February 22, 2023 in All Politics Are Local, Election 2023, News to You
Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) will resign June 1 to lead the Rhode Island Foundation as President and CEO, cutting his seventh term in the United States House of Representatives short. […]
RI Rep. Cicilline Introduces Article of Impeachment Against President Trump
By: Liz Taurasi on January 11, 2021 in News to You
Congressman David N. Cicilline is one of three U.S. representatives to introduce an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump Monday morning. Cicilline joins California Congressman Ted Lieu and Maryland […]
Congress OKs $900B COVID-19 Relief in $2.3T Appropriation Bill
By: Warwick Post Staff on December 22, 2020 in COVID-19, News to You
WASHINGTON, DC – A $2.3 trillion 2021 Omnibus Appropriations Bill including a $900 billion COVID-19 Relief Package has cleared Congress and waits President Donald J. Trump’s signature. The legislation cleared the […]
Langevin Hosts Virtual DACA Forum
By: Rob Borkowski on June 19, 2020 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) joined RI Congressional delegates praising Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) protections for 650,000 undocumented immigrants brought […]
RI Eyes New Yorkers’ Travel, Possible $1.25B Stimulus
By: Rob Borkowski on March 25, 2020 in Business, COVID-19, News to You
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Langevin, Cicilline Support Articles of Impeachment Against Trump
By: Rob Borkowski on December 10, 2019 in News to You
Washington, D.C. –Today the House Judiciary Committee introduced two articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress, with the support of both […]
RI Congressional Delegation Calls for Full Mueller Report
By: Rob Borkowski on March 26, 2019 in News to You
WASHINGTON, DC — Members of Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation called for the release of the full report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller early this week after Attorney General Barr’s summary […]
Reed: Acting AG Must Recuse Himself from Mueller Probe
By: Rob Borkowski on November 8, 2018 in News to You
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed joined members of the RI Congressional delegation urging Acting Attorney General to avoid politicizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election tampering Wednesday, […]
RI Congressional Delegation, Raimondo Announce $20M for Rte. 37 Upgrade
By: Rob Borkowski on March 7, 2018 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — On Tuesday, Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation and Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced $20 million from the federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program to aid the State’s […]
T.F. Green Celebrates Runway Expansion Project’s Completion
By: Rob Borkowski on October 4, 2017 in Business
WARWICK, RI — On Monday, Mayor Scott Avedisian joined Governor Gina Raimondo, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, other state and local officials to celebrate the […]
RI Officials Oppose Trump’s ‘Immoral,’ ‘Unconstitutional’ Refugee, Travel Ban
By: Rob Borkowski on January 30, 2017 in All Politics Are Local, Breaking News
RHODE ISLAND — Rhode Island officials have roundly condemned President Donald J. Trump’s Friday executive order suspending all refugees from entry to the country for 120 days, specifically barring Syrian refugees and blocking entry to citizens of seven Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
CCRI Wins $476K Grant to Help High Schoolers Study for College
By: Rob Borkowski on July 21, 2016 in Schools
Staying in school and preparing for college aren’t easy tasks for most students, so RI’s representatives in Congress are celebrating a $476,854 federal Educational Talent Search grant for the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) bolstering scholars’ study and career search skills.