Articles by: Pat Ford

Mayor Elorza: Providence Residents Advised to Prepare for Hurricane Henri

    Heavy rain and high winds on Saturday night and Sunday could cause damage, flooding Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and Providence Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) Director Clara Decerbo are advising Providence residents to prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Henri on Sunday. Although the storm is shifting west as[Read More…]

by August 21, 2021

Massachusetts Peace Action: Learning the Lessons of Afghanistan

 Massachusetts Peace Action called today for the United States to learn the lessons of the debacle in Afghanistan and identified a list of seven areas on which the country should focus. 1.      The U.S. must stop making war on Afghanistan.   No drone strikes, bombings, special forces, or aid to rebel groups.[Read More…]

by August 21, 2021

AMERICA FIRST LEGAL STANDS UP FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT

Yesterday, America First Legal (AFL) took a stand for the Second Amendment and against the Biden Administration’s radical attempt to undermine the rule of law. To advance its radical, anti-Constitutional agenda, the Biden Administration has proposed vague and complex new regulations by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives[Read More…]

by August 21, 2021

   

by August 20, 2021

PVDFest Downtown Celebration Cancelled!

Amid rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Rhode Island, major downtown festival cancelled The City of Providence and Founding Partner FirstWorks today announced that due to the rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the September 25-26, 2021 major downtown celebration for PVDFest, Providence’s signature arts festival, which typically sees over 100,000 people in[Read More…]

by August 20, 2021

CDC Stands Up New Disease Forecasting Center

    Aims to predict disease threats, provide early warning and real-time data on outbreaks  Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is announcing a new center designed to advance the use of forecasting and outbreak analytics in public health decision making. Once established, the Center for Forecasting[Read More…]

by August 19, 2021

ACLU OF RHODE ISLAND STATEMENT ON INSTALLATION OF VEHICLE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IN CRANSTON, PAWTUCKET AND WOONSOCKET

  “The installation of surveillance tools that directly impact the privacy of Rhode Island residents and others driving through the communities where they are installed is disturbing in itself. But the clandestine nature by which the cameras were placed, and the failure of the three cities in which the trial[Read More…]

by August 18, 2021

RIDOH: State to Require Immunization Against COVID-19 For All Licensed Healthcare Workers

  The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is announcing today that all employees, interns, and volunteers in RIDOH-licensed healthcare facilities and all RIDOH-licensed healthcare providers must receive their final dose of COVID-19 vaccine by October 1, 2021, effective August 18th. “The most effective way to prevent the spread of[Read More…]

by August 18, 2021

Governor McKee, Rhode Island Foundation Announce The Final $380,000 In RI Gives Vax Challenge Grants As State Hits 25,000 New Vaccination Milestone

More than 33,000 Rhode Islanders have gotten vaccinated since the RI Gives Vax Challenge was launched in July Nonprofits on the frontlines of responding to the COVID-19 crisis have been awarded another $380,000 in grants in the final phases of the RI Gives Vax Challenge. The funding was triggered as a[Read More…]

by August 18, 2021

Trump Acolyte Stephen Miller: America First Legal Sues The Department of Homeland Security For Illegally Concealing Records Documenting Enforcement Collapse

Today, America First Legal (AFL) sued the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for illegally withholding records demonstrating the Biden Administration’s utter decimation of immigration enforcement. In May, AFL filed a Freedom of Information Act request for ICE’s weekly enforcement reports following the publication of Departmental memos[Read More…]

by August 18, 2021