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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for Sunday November 24, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: Enhanced Tax Credits Keep ACA Marketplace Coverage Affordable for 2025
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following commentary on Nov. 18, 2024: * * * Enhanced Tax Credits Keep ACA Marketplace Coverage Affordable for 2025 By Jennifer Sullivan, Director of Health Coverage Access Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace coverage for 2025 began November 1 and runs through January 15, 2025 in every state except Idaho (where the deadline is December 16), Kentucky (January 16), Massachusetts (January 23), and  more

National Association of State Energy Officials: Rhode Island Awards $2.75 Million to Municipalities for Energy-Efficient Upgrades
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 20 -- The National Association of State Energy Officials issued the following news: By Ed Carley The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources awarded $2.75 million to municipalities across the state to reduce carbon emissions, lower energy consumption, and enhance municipal energy efficiency. This funding combines $1.5 million from the federal Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program with an additional $1.25 million from Rhode Island's Regional Greenh  more

Xu Named 2025-26 AMS Centennial Research Fellow
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: Zhouli Xu, professor of mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, has been awarded the 2025-2026 AMS Centennial Research Fellowship. The primary selection criterion is the excellence of the candidate's research. Xu's research interest is algebraic topology: more specifically, classical, motivic and equivariant stable homotopy groups of spheres, with connections and appli  more