WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in the City of Pawtucket (in Providence County), Rhode Island, for the Sept. 10 primary election. The Justice Department will assign federal observers to monitor the election in the City of Pawtucket to observe the county's compliance with the Voting Rights Act. Earlier this year, a feder  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: * * * Signup by the October 4, 2024, cutoff date for Rhode Island Forest Health Works RCPP project NRCS announces that the RI Forest Health Works Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) Project is now accepting applications for funding for fiscal year 2025. * * * It is a agreement between NRCS, the RI DEM Division of Forest Environment, the Rhode Island Asso  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in the City of Pawtucket for the Sept. 10 primary election. The Justice Department will assign federal observers to monitor the election in the City of Pawtucket to observe compliance with the Voting Rights Act. Earlier this year, a federal   more