PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 3 (TNSpol) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Brown University and 14 other leading colleges and universities are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold precedent and affirm the consideration of race and ethnicity in college admissions decisions. Filed in response to cases challenging the lawfulness of race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, an amicus brief filed on Monday, Aug. 1, argued in favor o more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 4 (TNSpar) -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news on Aug. 3, 2022: Governor Dan McKee, along with offshore wind joint-venture partners 0rsted and Eversource, announced today a collaborative partnership with higher education, labor and workforce development organizations, to prepare Rhode Island's offshore wind workforce. The partnership, together with the Community College of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Train more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee just announced he's giving much-needed relief to Rhode Island families. This fall, working Rhode Islanders with kids will receive a state tax rebate of $250 per child up to three children. Gov. Dan McKee said, "Supporting parents and their children with Rhode Island's new Child Tax Rebate is a sensible and critical way to keep our economy growing." Nearly 115,000 Rhode Island hous more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 3 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2022: Continuing his #RIMomentum Tour, Governor Dan McKee, joined by Lt. Governor Sabina Matos and the Office of Energy Resources (OER), announced today the High-efficiency Heat Pump Program (HHPP). The program will provide financial incentives for highly efficient electric heat pumps to both residential and commercial customers. A public comment period for the HHPP is now open more PR

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Aug. 3 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2022: Continuing his #RIMomentum Tour, Governor Dan McKee today announced the details of the new Rhode Island Child Tax Rebate, a state tax rebate of $250 per child for a maximum of three children. The program was created in the FY 23 budget signed by the Governor in June. The Governor was joined for the announcement by members of the General Assembly, Newport Mayor Jeanne-Marie  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 3 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2022: Governor Dan McKee today filed public comment urging the Public Utilities Commission to take specific action to provide relief to Rhode Islanders in response to Rhode Island Energy's request for a rate increase of 47 percent effective October 1. In his comments, the Governor urged the Commission to take the following actions: * Suspend the customer charge on residential more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 3 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2022: Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are announcing today that Rhode Island has released an Action Plan with 18 other US and Canadian jurisdictions aimed at fighting rising diesel exhaust pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by accelerating the transition to zero-emission trucks, vans, and buses. The Multi-State Medi more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 4 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2022: Governor Dan McKee, along with offshore wind joint-venture partners 0rsted and Eversource, announced today a collaborative partnership with higher education, labor and workforce development organizations, to prepare Rhode Island's offshore wind workforce. The partnership, together with the Community College of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Traini more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 4 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH)'s Monkeypox Task Force today announced an expansion of the state's monkeypox vaccination efforts this week by opening vaccine eligibility to additional at-risk populations and scheduling two community clinics. These clinics will be for eligible people who cannot be vaccinated at one of the healthcare fac more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Aug. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Aug. 3, 2022: * * * Lohmann measuring exposure to pollutants on the Faroe Islands * * * The Faroe Islands have welcomed travelers to their shores for centuries. In the last century, however, islanders have had to contend with the impact of one unwelcome guest: PFAS contaminants, or "forever chemicals," as they are sometimes called. Given that the islands are only about half the size of Rho more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Aug. 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: A new study released in the European Journal of Ageing found that having a partner had a greater impact than having children in helping to stave off loneliness among older adults during the pandemic's first wave. Researchers at the University of Rhode Island, University of Florence, University of Maryland Baltimore County and the SGH Warsaw School of Economics analyzed data on more than 35,000 a more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Aug. 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Aug. 1, 2022: * * * Fisheries at highest risk * * * For Richard Pollnac, the focus has always been on people. This University of Rhode Island professor emeritus has spent his career studying the cultural impact on people living near bodies of water. An anthropologist by training, he began his career at URI in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and was also faculty in the Departmen more PR