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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for Sunday June 23, 2024 ( 4 items )  

General Assembly Calls on HealthSource RI to Recommend Marketplace Affordability Measures
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 20 -- The Economic Progress Institute posted the following news release: The Protect Our Healthcare Coalition, a group of leading Rhode Island non-profits and consumer groups working for the protection, improvement, and expansion of equitable access to quality, person-centered, affordable health care for all, commends the Rhode Island General Assembly on the passage of a joint Senate/House resolution calling on HealthSource RI (HSRI) to convene a workgroup to make  more

GNCRT Celebrates 2024 Recipients of the Comics Librarian Conference Travel Grants
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 22 -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: The American Library Association's Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) is excited to announce Rachel Perrone of Cranston, RI and Valerie Tohom of Los Angeles, CA as the recipients of the 2024 GNCRT Comics Librarian Conference Travel Grants. Rachel Perrone is a Reference Librarian for Cranston Public Library and graduated with her MLIS from the University of Rhode Island in Spring 2024. A l  more

R.I.'s Single-Family and Multifamily Home Sales Hit New Highs
WARWICK, Rhode Island, June 22 -- Rhode Island Association of Realtors issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: Today, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors reported that the median price of residential property sales in Rhode Island soared to new heights in May, with multifamily home sales leading the pack. Multifamily homes with up to four units saw a 23.9% increase from the median price of $440,000 realized just 12 months earlier. The median price of multifamily homes has incre  more

Texas Public Policy Foundation Announces Coalition of State-Based Think Tanks in Support of Americans' Online Privacy Rights
AUSTIN, Texas, June 18 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation and other state-based think tanks sent a coalition letter to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce stating their support for the spirit of the American Privacy Rights Act of 2024. TPPF is joined by the Roughrider Policy Center, Rhode Island Center For Freedom & Prosperity, Alabama Policy Institute, Palmetto Promise, MacIver Institu  more