PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 28 (TNSPer) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Kent Kleinman, a distinguished architect, scholar and longtime higher education leader, has been appointed faculty director of the Brown Arts Institute, effective Friday, July 15. As faculty director, Kleinman -- who currently leads academic affairs as provost at Rhode Island School of Design -- will work closely with faculty affiliated with the arts at Brown to develop new academic programs and  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 30 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on April 29, 2022: Governor Dan McKee, along with Colonel James Manni, today held a swearing-in ceremony for the new Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police, Colonel Darnell S. Weaver. "It is my honor to swear-in Colonel Darnell S. Weaver as Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police," said Governor McKee. "He is the right and most qualified person for this job, w more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 28 (TNSPol) -- Brown University issued the following news release: In 2007, in the last days of Boris Yeltsin's life, Bill Clinton paid the former Russian president a visit. After spending some time reminiscing, talk turned to the future of the Russian state - and specifically Vladimir Putin, who was then in the second term of his presidency. "I said [to Yeltsin], 'I'm just not sure about Putin,'" Clinton recalled. "He's very able, but I don't think he believes  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the joint commentary by Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee and Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos to the Boston Globe: * * * In a new op-ed in the Boston Globe, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee and Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos are highlighting the state's critical need to invest in early childhood education -- and the action he's taking to fix the child care crisis and create a strong early learning system. Gov. McKee explained a series of steps he's taken  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, April 29 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The core research facilities in the University of Rhode Island's College of Engineering feature some of the most sophisticated, state-of-the-art equipment found anywhere. Valued in the millions, the devices in the Shimadzu Engineering Research Core Facility, which includes the Engineering Analytical Core Facility, the Surface Analysis Laboratory and the Rhode Island Consortium for Nanoscience more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 29 (TNSRes) -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news on April 28, 2022: The Rhode Island Department of Education today released the final version of a report authored by the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment which provides the first in-depth analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on student learning. The report examines student performance on both the RICAS exam and the WIDA-ACCESS exam more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 26 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (No. 21-12): The plaintiff, Cynthia Boss, appealed from the Superior Court's entry of final judgment in favor of the defendants, which motion was granted on the basis that the plaintiff had failed to comply with her discovery obligations. On appeal, the plaintiff averred that the hearing justice: (1) erred in not allowing her to "discuss or present either of her two [recent filings];" and (2) "exh more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 25 (TNSsro) -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (No. 21-17): The plaintiff, EdgengG (Private), Ltd., appealed from a Superior Court judgment in favor of the defendants, following the dismissal of the complaint filed by the plaintiffs and entry of judgment in favor of defendants based on plaintiffs' failure to comply with discovery orders. On appeal, EdgengG argued that the trial justice abused his discretion when he entered judgment in more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 27 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (No. 21-193): The plaintiff, James Lacera, appealed from a final order of the Family Court dismissing his verified miscellaneous petition for declaratory judgment. The action stemmed from an investigation by the Department of Children, Youth, and Families into the maltreatment of the plaintiff's biological grandchild through his son. DCYF took Mr. Lacera's biological grandchild into custody and pl more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 27 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (No. 19-22): The defendant appealed from a judgment of conviction of one count of possession of child pornography, following a bench trial in the Superior Court. The defendant asserted that the conviction violated his right to free speech because the images he possessed did not constitute child pornography within the meaning of G.L. 1956 Sec. 11-9-1.3. In following an independent, de novo review,  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 27 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (No. 19-281): The defendant, Tre'arra Hudgen, appealed from a Superior Court judgment of conviction for first-degree murder, discharge of a firearm when committing a crime of violence that caused death, conspiracy to assault with a firearm, felony assault with a firearm, first-degree robbery, and carrying a revolver without a license or permit. On appeal, the defendant alleged that the trial justic more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, April 29 (TNSJou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: Ever since America's oldest restaurant, the White Horse Tavern in Rhode Island, opened its doors in 1673, restaurateurs have been trying to keep their customers happy while increasing profits. Wine has always been a solid source of revenue for restaurants. But new research from the University of Houston finds the wine menu may be more important to the bottom line than the libation itself. "In the  more PR