BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: * * * Made possible by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, new funding is part of $6.5 Billion nationwide to help ensure communities have access to clean and safe drinking water * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $62,283,000 to Rhode Island to fund essential drinking water infrastructure upgrades through the Drinking Water State Revo  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on April 3, 2023: In a major milestone towards meeting the Biden-Harris administration's goal to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, the Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has completed its review of critical design and installation reports for the South Fork Wind project, clearing the way for the start of turbine co  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 01-RC-305104) by Region 1 Director Laura A. Sacks: * * * BROWN UNIVERSITY, Employer and GRADUATE LABOR ORGANIZATION, RIFT-AFT LOCAL 6516, Petitioner DECISION AND ORDER/1 Brown University (the Employer or Brown) is a Rhode Island non-profit corporation which operates a private university in Providence, Rhode Island. On October 13, 2022, Graduate Labor Organization, RIFT-AFT Local 6516 (the Petiti  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: A registered nurse and nurse practitioner, who defrauded commercial health insurers and Medicare of nearly $12 million by devising and executing fraudulent billing schemes in three states seeking payment for patient services that were never performed, has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Za  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on April 3, 2023: The owner and President of a North Kingstown-based trucking company, along with his two corporations, all admitted to a federal judge in Providence today that they conspired together with trucking and diesel vehicle sales and service companies throughout the United States and with a foreign national to violate the Clean Air Act by selling  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * The Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America Agenda: Delivering for Rhode Island Companies have committed to invest over $700 million in Rhode Island since President Biden took office For decades, the U.S. exported jobs and imported products, while other countries surpassed us in critical sectors like infrastructure, clean energy, semiconductors, and biotechnology. Thanks to President Biden's   more