PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Brown yielded a -4.6% investment return in a challenging global investment environment, and the endowment provided $207 million for student scholarships, scientific research and other priorities. * * * In a year marked by steep declines in financial markets across the globe, the Brown University endowment generated a -4.6% investment return during Brown's Fiscal Year 2022, which closed on  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 15 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement on Oct. 14, 2022: * * * Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement after today's decision by the Rhode Island Supreme Court in Champlin's v. Coastal Resources Management Council - a case concerning Rhode Island's coastal resources and the regulatory process designed to protect them. "Today's decision by our state's Supreme Court is a win for all Rhode Island more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 12 (TNSawa) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Douglas W. Diamond, a University of Chicago scholar who earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Brown University in 1975, is one of three recipients of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Monday, Oct. 10. Diamond will share the prize with Ben S. Bernanke, former chair of the Federal Reserve and now a fellow at the Brookings Institution more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 14 (TNSawa) -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2022: The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today is glad to recognize the six Rhode Island recipients of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Merit Awards, given to those who have made outstanding contributions to protect New England's environment. Awardees include four individuals and two organizations: * J more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on Oct. 13, 2022: After Gov. Dan McKee released his tax returns yesterday, he's calling on Rhode Island Republican gubernatorial nominee Ashley Kalus to do the same. Kalus has yet to release her tax returns. Gov. McKee released his tax returns, as he has done routinely since 2018, and there were no new reveals or surprises. However, Rhode Islanders don't even know what state Kalus paid taxes to last year. Wa more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 15 -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release: With Governor Dan McKee proclaiming October as Farm to School Month across Rhode Island, the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing a $260,000 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm to School grant award. The statewide proclamation aligns with National Farm to School Month, which Congress designated in 2010 as an annual showcase of food more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 15 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2022: Governor Dan McKee today announced the request for proposals for the offshore wind procurement has been released by the State's primary utility company, Rhode Island Energy, for up to 1,000 megawatts of new offshore wind capacity. In July, Governor McKee signed into law historic clean energy legislation, sponsored by Chairwomen Dawn Euer and Representative Art Handy, th more PR

WARWICK, Rhode Island, Oct. 12 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2022: Governor Dan McKee, joined by the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER) and Department of Human Services (DHS), today announced the launch of a new website providing a one-stop resource for all publicly available state, federal and nonprofit energy assistance programs and funding for the upcoming winter season, free home energy assessments for homeowners and renter more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: A new Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll shows Allan Fung leading Seth Magaziner by 8 points, 45%-37%. With yet another poll showing him down, Magaziner and his allies are getting desperate. A Rhode Island super PAC is now spending in the race - perhaps mysteriously funded by Jeffrey Epstein's good friend Ira Magaziner? NRCC Comment: "Silver Spoon Seth Magaziner can't earn Rhode Islanders' vot more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: New England has emerged as a top battleground for the House majority thanks to dynamic GOP candidates and a "perfect storm" of issues in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, the Washington Post reports. New Englanders are hurting thanks to the high cost of energy, rising food prices, and an increase of deadly fentanyl in their communities, and GOP candidates like George Logan, Bruc more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 12 (TNSconf) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Jane Ferguson, award-winning international correspondent for PBS NewsHour and contributor to The New Yorker, will deliver the University of Rhode Island's 15th annual Christiane Amanpour Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. Ferguson's talk, "Humanity in War Reporting: Bringing Authentic, Individual Experiences of War into Conflict Journalism," will explore her experiences covering conflict more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 14 (TNSper) -- Providence College issued the following news release: Providence College (PC) recently announced the unanimous election of three new members to its Board of Trustees. Duane Bouligny, '94,'21H, returns to the board as he previously served as a Trustee from 2011 to 2020. Mr. Bouligny is a managing director in the Leveraged Finance group with Wells Fargo's Corporate and Investment Banking. Based in San Francisco, he has clients across the United State more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 13 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2022: The Office of the Attorney General, the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety, the Rhode Island Police Chiefs' Association, Rhode Island's Congressional Delegation, and state legislative leaders today announced $16 million in grant awards for 42 local and state law enforcement agencies to equip approximately 1,773 frontline police officers with body-worn cam more PR