Post Tagged with: "Providence"

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

City of Providence Announces Mask Mandate in Municipal Buildings

City of Providence Employees Required to be Fully Vaccinated by October 1 Mayor Jorge O. Elorza today announced that beginning Tuesday, August 17, all members of the public, including city staff and visitors, will be required to use a face mask in all municipal buildings. Additionally, City of Providence employees[Read More…]

by August 17, 2021

Groove is in the Heart – Of Providence: PVDFest Music Happenings Heat up August

  Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, the Department of Art, Culture + Tourism and founding partner FirstWorks today announced details for PVDFest Summer Happenings in August, serving up an unmatched lineup of free music and artistic events throughout the summer. PVDFest Summer Happenings, part of Providence’s signature arts festival, continue citywide and culminate in[Read More…]

by August 5, 2021

Joint Statement from Governor McKee, RI Department of Education, Providence Teachers Union, Providence Public School District on Tentative Contract Agreement

Reporter’s Note: Actual detail on the Proposed Teacher’s Contract will not be released until the Teacher’s Union has had a chance to disseminate …. The following is a joint statement from Governor Dan McKee, Rhode Island Department of Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green, Providence Teachers Union President Maribeth Calabro, and Providence[Read More…]

by July 20, 2021

ACLU Calls On Providence Officials To Address Dubious Attempt To Oust Homeless From Wilson Street Encampment

  The ACLU of Rhode Island has called on Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza and Commissioner of Public Safety Steven Paré to address the “actions and constitutionally suspect procedural shortcuts” that it took last week in an attempt to oust the people living in a homeless encampment on Wilson Street in[Read More…]

by June 17, 2021

Rhody Democratic Women’s Caucus Weighs In On Contentious Ward 15 Special Election

The Rhode Island Democratic Women’s Caucus is pleased to announce its endorsement of Doris De Los Santos for city councilor of Providence’s Ward 15 in a special election on Tuesday, June 8, 2021.In considering this endorsement the Women’s Caucus recognized Ms. De Los Santos’s extensive experience in public service and[Read More…]

by May 26, 2021

The Black Lives Matter RI PAC Issues Statement On Proposed Providence Budget

    Yesterday, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza announced his Fiscal Year 2022 Budget. This Budget includes spending an additional  $2.8 Millions of dollars on upwards of 50 new police officers while investing only a fraction of that amount in diversion programs for mental and behavioral health crises. In response to[Read More…]

by April 28, 2021

ACLU CALLS FOR STRONGER ACTION TO ADDRESS “PERSISTENT” PROVIDENCE POLICE BODY CAMERA VIOLATIONS   

  Citing repeated instances of police failing to activate their body cameras in high profile encounters with the public, the ACLU of Rhode Island has called on Providence Commissioner of Public Safety Steven Paré and Police Chief Hugh Clements, Jr. to take stronger steps, including establishing a more vigorous audit[Read More…]

by January 19, 2021

“Now Is Not The Time For Austerity”-Pat Ford Challenges Governor Gina Raimondo On Covid Era Fiscal Responsibility!

The Coalition Radio’s Pat Ford challenges Gina Raimondo over the absence of “Shared Sacrifice” after a record 12.7 Billion Dollar Budget! was proposed by Rhode Island’s General Assembly. No cuts … no reductions in force … no efficiencies … Just explosive growth for a Zombie State In Failure What Do[Read More…]

by December 12, 2020

BREAKING! STATEMENT ON CURFEWS FROM RHODE ISLAND ACLU

Below is a statement from the ACLU of RI on the imposition of curfews this evening by the cities of Cranston, Providence and Warwick. We believe they are extraordinary, unnecessary, and, ironically, likely to lead to discriminatory enforcement by police.   “The imposition of blanket curfews within three cities in[Read More…]

by June 2, 2020