WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * After Unlawfully Withholding Public School Funding, Trump Admin. Melts & Unfreezes K-12 Public School Funds * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, welcomed the Trump Administration's decision to relent in the face of public opposition and finally release nearly $6 billion in federal funding for K-12 schools and adult education prog more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * After Years of Work, Reed, Whitehouse & Amo Welcome $1.4 Million Reimbursement for Tiverton Landfill Closure * TIVERTON, RI -- U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Gabe Amo today announced $1.4 million in federal assistance to help pay for closing the Tiverton landfill, the last municipally-owned landfill in the State of Rhode Island. The lawmakers welcomed the t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Leads 52 Members in Charge to Protect Workers' Rights * Washington, D.C. - TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) leads 52 House Colleagues in demanding answers from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). The letter seeks clarity on the agency's compliance with a federal court order blocking President Donald Trump's illegal dismantling of FMCS. Specifically, the Members are requesti more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo, Pocan, Krishnamoorthi, 49 Colleagues Slam Rubio's Decision to Incinerate Food Aid * WASHINGTON, DC - Friday, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI), Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI), Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) led a letter with 49 of their colleagues to Secretary of State Marco Rubio opposing his decision to withhold nearly 500 metric tons of emergency food aid and instead incinerate those suppl more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 24 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * B-Lab 2025: Student entrepreneurs develop solutions in health care, tech, wellness and more * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- For 11 consecutive summers, young entrepreneurs at Brown University have flocked to the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship 's Breakthrough Lab for eight weeks of focused, high-impact venture development. But the experience is about so much more than building a business, said  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 23 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Ben Underwood: Helping Rhode Islanders explore seasonal food and farming * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- In a season of popsicles and potato chips, Brown University undergraduate Ben Underwood is bringing carrots and cucumbers into the mix. This summer, Underwood is working on the community education team at Farm Fresh Rhode Island to get people of all ages excited about the state's bounty of lo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 [Category: Political] -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * Broad Nationwide Coalition Sues to Block Trump Administration's Unlawful Restrictions on Health and Housing Grants * New Funding Restrictions Threaten Critical Services for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors, LGBTQI+ Youth, and Unhoused more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 25 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Brown's Pre-College Programs see local enrollment climb for third straight year * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Each summer, Brown's campus bustles with thousands of high schoolers from across the world eager to explore college life through the University's Pre-College Programs. Now, more than ever, teens from Rhode Island are now an expanded part of that mix. This year, nearly 180 students from t more PR

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, July 25 (TNSjou) -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Looking to reduce depressive symptoms? Resistance training could be the answer By Emma Bartlett New research led by Bryant's Jason Sawyer, Ph.D., and published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, suggests that resistance training is as effective as aerobic exercise at lowering depressive symptoms in young women. "The majority of existing research examining the effects of exercise on depressio more PR

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, July 23 (TNSjou) -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Nurturing creativity is 'women's work' By Bob Curley Want to maximize your employees' creativity? Consider putting a woman in charge, Bryant University researchers say. Defying gender stereotypes about leadership roles, women leaders were found to have a more positive influence on employee creativity, thanks to interacting more frequently with workers, according to a study that was recently pu more PR

WARWICK, Rhode Island, July 22 -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * CCRI Receives $1M Grant Lowe's Foundation To Support Trades Careers WARWICK, RI - The Lowe's Foundation awarded $1 million to the Community College of Rhode Island as part of a select group of community and technical colleges receiving Gable Grants. Since awarding its first grants in 2023, the foundation has expanded skilled trades career pathways through its growing roster of funded partn more PR

WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island, July 24 -- CVS Health issued the following news release: * * * CVS Health opens new Workforce Innovation and Talent Center in Columbus The new facility at Rosewind Community Center offers free workforce training and access to health services * COLUMBUS, OH, July 23, 2025 -- CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) announced today the opening of its new Workforce Innovation and Talent Center (WITC) in Columbus, located at the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority's Rosewind Commun more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Democratic Members of House Homeland Security Committee Host Oversight Forum on Trump Administration's Illegal Detentions and Deportations * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner (RI-02), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Dan Goldman (NY-10), and Lou Correa (CA-46) hosted an oversight forum titled Trump's DHS: Unaccountable, Unlawful, Unconstitutional. Under the Trump Administrat more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 22 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Eager to learn, local high schoolers find enrichment at Brown Summer High School * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- For many Rhode Island high schoolers, summer isn't just a break from school -- it's a chance to explore budding interests, cultivate new skills and imagine future possibilities. For nearly six decades, a program at Brown University has been empowering local teens to do just that and muc more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Forty-One Senators Call on Appropriators to Reject Anti-Environment Poison Pills The lawmakers warn that policy riders harming environmental and public health would derail the Senate's ability to pass spending bills * Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 24 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * From Aristotle to ChatGPT, Brown courses interrogate AI through a humanist lens * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Public discourse around artificial intelligence tends to focus primarily on technical or economic concerns. How capable will AI become? And to what extent might it take away jobs? While those questions are of obvious importance, other perhaps more fundamental ones are bubbling beneath  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 25 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * In Pre-College course, students uncover new ways of writing through the forgotten and the familiar * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Where did it come from? Whose hands have touched it? How did it get here? Where is it going? On a quiet Tuesday afternoon in late July, 17 high schoolers asked themselves these questions as they pored over 17 th -century manuscripts, modern DIY zines, stereoscopes, p more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Magaziner, Budzinski, Casar, and Crockett Reintroduce Bill to Guarantee Paid Time Off for American Workers * WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner (RI-02), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Greg Casar (TX-35), and Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) reintroduced the Protected Time Off (PTO) Act, legislation to guarantee at least 10 paid vacation days for all full-time American workers. M more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Magaziner, Pingree, Amo Secure Funding for Ocean Weather Data * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner (RI-02), Gabe Amo (RI-01), and Chellie Pingree (ME-01) today applauded the restoration of funding for the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The lawmakers led a bipartisan coalition of over 40 members of  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Magaziner-Backed Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Ocean Weather Data Funding Advances * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The House Natural Resources Committee Wednesday unanimously passed legislation to reauthorize the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for five more fiscal years. Magaziner, a Member of the House Natural Resources Committ more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * New $458,000 Federal Investment to Buoy Clean Water Pumpout Facilities for RI Boaters * WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to protect the health of Rhode Island's waters, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announced today that Rhode Island will receive $457,709 through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Clean Vessel Act (CVA) grant program. The federal grant will be used to procure three  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * New $458,000 Federal Investment to Buoy Clean Water Pumpout Facilities for RI Boaters * Federal funds through Clean Vessel Act grant program support recreational boating infrastructure & will prevent marine sewage from spilling into the Bay WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to protect the health of Rhode Island's waters, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announced today that Rh more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- A potential radiological incident at Electric Boat in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, on July 14, 2025, was successfully resolved with no unmonitored personnel exposed and minimal dose to recovery personnel. At approximately 12:06 AM EDT, an Electric Boat employee was attempting to retract an Iridium-192 (Ir-192) source of 19.5 Curies when it became stuck halfway back into its exposure device. The employee promptly extended the source back into the collimator for shielding more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- A radioactive iridium-192 source, with an activity of 19.5 Curies, became stuck during an attempted retraction at the electric boat facility in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, on July 14, 2025. The incident was reported (Event No. 57811) by the Rhode Island Department of Radiological Health. An employee was attempting to retract the source into its exposure device when it stopped halfway. The employee then extended the source back into the collimator for shielding and imme more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Justice Introduce Bipartisan Strengthening Local Food Security Act * WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to strengthen the nation's food supply chain network, bolster economic opportunities for local farmers and food producers, and increase access to fresh, local nutritious food in underserved communities and schools, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Jim Justice (R-WV) teamed up to introduce th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed, Whitehouse & Magaziner Announce $275K for RI Shipyard Modernization * NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI - U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Seth Magaziner today announced a new $274,596 federal grant for the J. Goodison Co. shipyard at the Quonset Business Park. The federal funding comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration Small Shipyards Grant more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed, Whitehouse & Magaziner Announce $275K for RI Shipyard Modernization * NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI - U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Seth Magaziner today announced a new $274,596 federal grant for the J. Goodison Co. shipyard at the Quonset Business Park. The federal funding comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration Small Shipya more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: Trump Admin. Must Restore Online Public Funding Tracker * WASHINGTON, DC - Noting that federal tax dollars belong to the American people - not the President or federal agencies - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today hailed a federal court ruling that the Trump Administration violated the law by taking down a public disclosure website that shows how taxpayer dollars are apportioned to federal  more PR

NEW YORK, July 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on entitled "xxxx": * * * View original text plus charts and tables here: * * * Rhode Island Job Openings and Labor Turnover -- May 2025 * Rhode Island had 28,000 job openings in May 2025, unchanged from April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Acting Regional Commissioner Mark J. Maggi noted that the job openings  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: * * * Rhode Island State Technical Committee Meeting to be held August 27, 2025 * What is a State Technical Committee? Every state has a Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Technical Committee. The State Technical Committee provides input to the State Conservationist on technical guidelines necessary to implement the conservation provisions of the Farm  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 [Category: Political] -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * School Districts, Parents, Educators, and Advocates Sue Trump-Vance Administration for Unlawfully Blocking Billions in Funding * Without Court Intervention, Unlawful Funding Freeze will Endanger Academic Programs and Staffing Across the Nation Rh more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senators Call on Netanyahu to Immediately Change Course in Gaza * WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI), Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA), Ranking Defense Appropriator C more PR

TAMPA, Florida, July 26 -- The University of South Florida issued the following news: * * * USF Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing hosts inaugural summer research program ahead of fall launch By Cassidy Delamarter From training robots to integrating artificial intelligence into hardware systems, the USF Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing wrapped up its first-ever summer research program, completing a major milestone ah more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on July 23, 2025: * * * Whitehouse Opening Statement at Hearing to Consider Scarlett, Hall Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing to consider the nominations of Katherine Scarlett to b more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Slams EPA's Elimination of Primary Research Office, Firing of Scientific Experts Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement after the Trump Administration announced it was eliminating the Office of Research and Dev more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Cornyn, Coons, Colleagues Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Bolster Protection for State and Local Judges * Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) today reintroduced the Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act, legislation to establish a State Judi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Heinrich, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Make Homeownership More Accessible for First-Time Buyers * Bicameral First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Act would help make homeownership a reality for young Americans amidst skyrocketing housing costs Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) today led 13 Democratic Senators in reintroducing the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: Political] -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * Win for Public Education: Trump-Vance Administration Reportedly Backs Down On Withholding Funds Following Lawsuit from School Districts, Parents, and Educators * News Comes After The Administration Met With Litigation And Public Pressure Rhode Is more PR