PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 1 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Wendy Schiller, director of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, is supporting student-led research on voting access and creating a "one-stop shop" for people to learn more about politics in the United States. * * * New leadership is yielding new research, conversations and initiatives at Brown University's Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy. Wendy J. Schiller, more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 29 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Researchers from Brown University, Michigan State and Henry Ford Health are leading a multi-institution research effort to reduce the national suicide rate. * * * With a $15 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, researchers from Brown University, Michigan State University and Henry Ford Health in Detroit are collaborating to reduce the national suicide rate by establ more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release and letter on Sept. 26, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and the governors of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont today sent the following letter to Congressional leaders thanking them for their longstanding support of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and expressing their support for President Joe Biden's request for an emergency supplemental aid package more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 30 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2022: Joined by police dogs and police departments from across New England, as well as bill sponsors and advocates, Governor Dan McKee today ceremonially signed legislation which allows police dogs injured in the line of duty to get emergency first aid from EMTs and be transported by ambulance to veterinary hospitals. ?The ceremonial bill signing took place at Camp Fogarty more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2022: Governor Dan McKee joined Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza, Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Director Terry Gray, and leaders of Rhode Island's major environmental advocacy, food security, and cultural organizations at Farm Fresh RI at an event today aimed at building public support for the 2022 green bond, which is Question No. 3 on the referendum ballot in  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee and Rhode Island Secretary of Housing Josh Saal announced on Friday that the State has awarded six community organizations a total of $3.5 million to add 231 new beds to the statewide homeless shelter capacity. This $3.5 million in funding is the first round of awards from a $5 million solicitation for proposals related to shelter expansion that was distributed to qua more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: The statewide "Landlord Challenge" has helped more than 100 Rhode Island households experiencing homelessness or other forms of housing insecurity secure safe, permanent housing since its launch last summer, and Governor Dan McKee, the Rhode Island Department of Housing and Amos House are seeking to build on that success with additional participation ahead of the winter months. ? The L more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 28 (TNSper) -- Littler Mendelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Eric B. Mack, a shareholder in the Providence office of Littler, the world's largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has been named Deputy General Counsel, Labor and Employment, for the National Bar Association (NBA). Mack was appointed by the NBA's General Counsel, Anthony Hall, for the labor and employment practice area. "I congratulate Eric on his new r more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 28 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news: Mayer Brown secured a landmark trial victory in the Rhode Island District Court for the American Trucking Associations, Cumberland Farms and M&M Transport Services in American Trucking Associations et al. v. Peter Alviti Jr. et al--successfully challenging the constitutionality of Rhode Island's bridge-toll regime (RhodeWorks). In May 2022, during a 12-day bench trial on the merits of the case, Mayer Brown demon more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Seth Magaziner is defending his scheme to use Rhode Island retirees' savings to pay over half a billion dollars in fees for high-risk financial investments. In the past seven years, the state's pension has more than doubled the amount invested in private equity assets, from $539.5 million in 2015 to $1.8 billion at the start of August. Fees have risen dramatically, from about $82 million in 2015 more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: Maggie Hassan isn't in New Hampshire much. With homes in Washington, Boston, and a summer home on the beach in Rhode Island, there's not much time in Hassan's busy social calendar to make it back to the Granite State. Meanwhile, General Don Bolduc is canvassing the state and is ready to debate Senator Hassan upwards of seven times! He's even surprised many by agreeing to debate in typically  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: Most Granite Staters will tell you that Maggie Hassan is all but invisible in their state, except for the deluge of attack ads from her and her allies attempting to smear and distort the positions of General Don Bolduc. But her invisibility is to be expected as New Hampshire falls dead last in the pecking order of homes she owns. * Her luxury condo in Washington, DC. * Her $3.5 million bea more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 1 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2022: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today announced that a Providence man was found guilty in Providence County Superior Court of multiple counts of child molestation against a female victim under the age of 14 between 2013 and 2019. On September 28, 2022, following the conclusion of a seven-day jury trial before Superior Court Justice Stephen P. Nugent, the jur more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 28 (TNSper) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Sharon P. Pitt, an accomplished technology leader and strategist, has been appointed Brown University's vice president for information technology and chief information officer, effective Dec. 1, 2022. A longtime technology professional who has served in campus leadership roles at the University of Delaware, Binghamton University, George Mason University and North Carolina State University, Pitt b more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 27 (TNSconf) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension Energy Literacy Initiative is hosting its 7th annual Plugged Into Energy Research lecture series this fall. The next lecture on Oct. 6 features a University of Rhode Island alumnus speaking about an overlooked oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The last program of the series on Oct. 20 will address efforts to meet increased demands on the st more PR

ORONO, Maine, Sept. 30 (TNSpar) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: A new partnership between the University of Maine and the Rural Schools Collaborative will seek to strengthen the K-12 education workforce across six New England states and provide other opportunities to raise the profile of rural schools and teachers in the region. The RSC's New England hub, which includes Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, will now be based a more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 28 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Shaw Chen, the interim dean of the University of Rhode Island College of Business, was recently in Bali, Indonesia, to deliver a keynote speech at a G20 Development Working Group - Side Event on "Blue Carbon: Enabling Conservation and Financial Capital." The Group of Twenty - an intergovernmental forum of 19 countries and the European Union - was established in 1999 to address the largest issues affec more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: "I don't predict a hurricane season. If a hurricane makes landfall near where you live, that is an active season for you," says URI Professor of Oceanography Isaac Ginis. Yet predicting the severity of a hurricane can mean the difference between life and death, which is why Ginis makes it his business to predict the power of these ferocious storms. He developed a computer model so successful  more PR