Free performance returns to Roger Williams Park on Thursday, August 1 From the Office of Mayor Brett Smiley: Mayor Brett P. Smiley, the Rhode Island Foundation, and Citizens invite the public to a free performance of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra’s Summer Pops in the Park at[Read More…]
Community Care Alliance spent over a year advocating with the State of RI to bring the Dignity Bus to Woonsocket as a means of providing emergency shelter to local residents. When the State discontinued its efforts, we worked with the Woonsocket City Council, the City’s Solicitor, Father Dan Sweet and the[Read More…]
Rhode Island State Archives to Display Declaration of Independence During Special Holiday Hours From The Rhode Island Secretary of State – Gregg Amore: Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore and the Rhode Island State Archives today announced that the State Archives will be open for special Independence Day hours on July 4 so that the public[Read More…]
We now know the reason for the reason for Mayor Donald “The Don” Grebien’s reconvening of the Pawtucket Charter Review Commission: His continued Jihad on the Pawtucket School Committee, for their failure to use School Committee Funds to provide financial life support to his failing administration. And, in[Read More…]
In a move that can only be described as bizarre, the City of Pawtucket Finance Office apparently, without notice or authority, ended the City of Pawtucket School Department Fiscal Year on June 12, 2024, as opposed to the legally mandated date of June 30, 2024. In doing so, authorized[Read More…]
Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) inmate population has been collateral damage in the war between R.I. Governor Dan McKee’s permanent pick to run the department, Director Wayne Salisbury, and Richard Ferruccio and his Brotherhood of Corrections Union (R.I.B.C.O.) and the inmates housed by RIDOC are casualties of this war.[Read More…]
Magaziner Applauds Proposed Rule to Ban Medical Bills from Credit Reports From the Office of Rhode Island Congressman Seth Magaziner: Representative Seth Magaziner released the following statement following the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed rule to ban medical bills from credit reports: “For months, Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and I[Read More…]
Key Budget Items Backed by RIPEC Analysis Include K-12 Education, Transportation, Housing; Cautions on Spending Growth, Projected Deficit, & Pension Changes From: RIPEC – The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council The fiscal year (FY) 2025 appropriations act, approved on June 7 by the House Finance Committee, contains several positive[Read More…]
There are few invasions of personal privacy more horrifying than the release of personal credit information. In their seemingly unbridled capacity for sheer incompetence, coupled with a blatant display of thorough contempt of the ordinary citizen, the Federal Department of Education effectively said to the State of Rhode Island: “Hold[Read More…]
Candidate Alert! Jenn Caputi-GOP Candidate Rhode Island State Senate District 26 (Cranston) Endorsements 
Rhode Island Department of Health Public Health Advisory – Woonsocket Sees Increased Drug Overdose Rate at Twice the Statewide Average 
Senator Cano Resigns! Letter of Resignation & Senate Explanation Included 
City also to receive new $2.3M federal grant to continue prevention efforts From the Office of Providence Mayor Brett Smiley As part of National Recovery Month, Mayor Brett P. Smiley, Chief of Policy and Resiliency Sheila Dormody and Providence Director of Housing and Human Services Emily[Read More…]
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s brutal conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), they should[Read More…]
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