WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: NEWPORT, RI Standing in front of the oldest surviving residence in Newport, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined the Newport Historical Society (NHS) to deliver nearly $400,000 in federal funds to help historians preserve the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House (WLHH) and use it as a multi-purpose center and museum that elevates the stories of enslaved and freed Africans, African Americans, and their descendants. Th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: WATCH: video from this event available here PROVIDENCE, RI Microplastics are everywhere these days: Oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams across the planet are increasingly burdened with plastic pollution. To protect people and wildlife and prevent our waterways from drowning in toxic microplastic pollution, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is calling for coordinated action at the local, federal, and global level to t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: Building on years of work to assist flood-prone residents in the Pocasset River Watershed, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced the Rhode Island office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) has been authorized to implement the Pocasset River Flood Damage Reduction Project  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 21 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: Rhode Island's Congressional delegation today announced that the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is awarding a team of academic researchers led by the University of Rhode Island (URI) $8 million through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems Research Infrastructure Improvement Program (E-CORE   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: CRANSTON, RI Building on years of work to assist flood-prone residents in the Pocasset River Watershed, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced the Rhode Island office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) has been authorized to implement the Pocasset River Flood Damage Reduction Project.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: CRANSTON, RI Building on years of work to assist flood-prone residents in the Pocasset River Watershed, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced the Rhode Island office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) has been authorized to implement the Pocasset River Flood Damage Reduction Proje  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, RI Rhode Island's Congressional delegation today announced that the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is awarding a team of academic researchers led by the University of Rhode Island (URI) $8 million through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems Research Infrastructure Improvement Program (E-CORE RII). EPSCOR   more