WINDSOR, Connecticut, June 18 [Category: Financial Services] -- LIMRA posted the following news release: * * * 40th U.S. Secretary of Commerce and former Governor of Rhode Island, Gina Raimondo Joins the Mainstage at the 2025 LIMRA Annual Conference * American Broadcaster and Journalist Hoda Kotb to speak on embracing change. Former Governor of Rhode Island and 40 th U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo will present at the 2025 LIMRA Annual Conference. The event will be held September   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 16 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Brown joins federal lawsuit challenging reductions to Department of Defense grant funding * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Brown University has joined a federal lawsuit challenging a June 12 directive from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to limit indirect cost reimbursements to a 15% rate for its research grants to higher education institutions. Brown is a named plaintiff in the suit filed o  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 16 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Brown researchers focus on expanding access to pediatric OCD treatment they helped pioneer * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- One of the most common mental health conditions among American children is obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) -- a reliance on ritual behaviors to counteract persistent distressing thoughts. The gold-standard treatment for OCD is exposure therapy, which is the process of gr  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 19 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * New research casts doubt on ancient drying of northern Africa's climate * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable between 3.5 and 2.5 million years ago -- a pivotal period in Earth's climate history when the Northern Hemisphere cooled, and places like Greenland became permanently glac  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, June 19 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Can dialectical thinking help both providers and their patients? Psy.D. director explains framework, application By Emma Bartlett Christina Tortolani, Ph.D., first learned about dialectical thinking during her clinical training as a doctoral student. "I was learning how to implement dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) while doing a practicum in a hospital-based program for women," recalls Tortolani, as  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 20 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Clear understanding of social connections propels strivers up the social ladder * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Climbing the social ladder isn't simply a matter of popularity. Rather, people in positions of influence are particularly adept at forming "maps" of their social connections, which they navigate to become prominent in their social network, new research shows. It's like having a "social  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Collins, Reed Lead Bipartisan Group of Appropriators Urging Trump Admin. to Reverse Closure of Job Corps Centers * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Jack Reed (D-RI), a leading Democrat on the committee, led a bipartisan group of Appropriations Committee members in sending a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRe  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Gabe Amo Introduces Bill to Close Gun Resale Loophole, Keep Dangerous Firearms from Returning to Rhode Island Streets * Washington, D.C. - Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI), along with Congressmen Daniel Goldman (D-NY) and Maxwell Frost (D-FL) introduced the Firearm Destruction Licensure Act, legislation to close a gun loophole that is allowing firearms designated for destruction to be sold b  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Demanding Meaningful Stablecoin Guardrails, Reed Votes Against So-Called "GENIUS Act" * WASHINGTON, DC -- Citing a lack of consumer and taxpayer protections and serious crypto corruption and national security concerns, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) voted against the so-called GENIUS Act ( S.1582 ), which passed the U.S. Senate on a vote of 68-30. The controversial bill places a government stamp   more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The Greater New York Hospital Association has voiced strong objections to several aspects of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposed rule for the fiscal year 2026 inpatient prospective payment system. The proposal has raised significant concerns among the more than 200 member hospitals that GNYHA represents in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Kenneth E. Raske, president of GNYHA, articulated the association's apprehensions in a letter ad  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Immigration Reform Law Institute issued the following news release: * * * IRLI Defends Trump's Crackdown on Sanctuary States Shows states can't ask court to protect unlawful policies WASHINGTON - The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has submitted a brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island in a case brought against a federal agency by Illinois and a group of other sanctuary states. The plaintiff states seek an injunction against the T  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 18 [Category: National Defense] -- The Association of the U.S. Army posted the following news: * * * Mingus Speaks at Strategic Landpower Dialogue * Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus will speak July 2 as part of the Strategic Landpower Dialogue co-hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. After being rescheduled from April, the event will take place from 8:45-10 a.m. Eastern on July 2 at CSIS headqu  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 16 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * New opioid testing techniques could lead to better therapies * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- As the opioid epidemic persists across the United States, a team of researchers from Brown University has developed new diagnostic techniques for detecting opioid compounds in adults with opioid use disorder and infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome. The new techniques, described in two recently publ  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 20 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * New research casts doubt on ancient drying of northern Africa's climate * A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable between 3.5 and 2.5 million years ago -- a pivotal period in Earth's climate history when the Northern Hemisphere cooled, and places like Greenland became permanently glaciated.  The new findings, published i  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 20 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * New research uncovers surprising physics of 'marine snow' * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- The deep ocean can often look like a real-life snow globe. As organic particles from plant and animal matter on the surface sink downward, they combine with dust and other material to create "marine snow," a beautiful display of ocean weather that plays a crucial role in cycling carbon and other nutrients thr  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Help Launch State-of-the-Art Support Vehicle for Northern RI Firefighters * ***WATCH FOOTAGE OF THE NEW AIR SUPPLY UNIT LINCOLN, RI - Fire departments across northern Rhode Island have teamed up to acquire a new regional air/light unit that will help ensure firefighters can safely and effectively respond to a wide range of emergencies throughout their communities. After delive  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Help Launch State-of-the-Art Support Vehicle for Northern RI Firefighters * LINCOLN, RI - Fire departments across northern Rhode Island have teamed up to acquire a new regional air/light unit that will help ensure firefighters can safely and effectively respond to a wide range of emergencies throughout their communities. After delivering a $586,363 federal Assistance t  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Urges U.S. Senate to Reject the 'Big Ugly Betrayal' of Working Families That Cuts Medicaid Funding * WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate Finance Committee released their portion of the so-called 'Big Beautiful Reconciliation Bill,' which U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) has dubbed a 'Big Ugly Betrayal' of working families. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities outlines how the Senate Republican v  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Works to Block House-Passed Rescissions Package That Would Claw Back $9.4 billion for Humanitarian Aid, NPR, PBS * WASHINGTON, DC - After the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed the Trump Administration's rescissions package to claw back $9.4 billion in previously enacted federal funding from humanitarian aid, international development, public health, NPR, and PBS last   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed, Whitehouse & Colleagues Mark 13 Years of DACA & Urge Trump Administration to Resume Processing Applications for 'Dreamers' * WASHINGTON, DC - Marking the 13th anniversary of the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and their Senate colleagues urged U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to resume proces  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed, Whitehouse & Colleagues Mark 13 Years of DACA & Urge Trump Administration to Resume Processing Applications for 'Dreamers' * WASHINGTON, DC - Marking the 13th anniversary of the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and their Senate colleagues urged U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to resu  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 17 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * The history behind Brown historian's Pulitzer finalist 'Plantation Goods' * In his much-lauded book "Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery," Seth Rockman offered a compelling insight on antebellum history by exploring a little-known link between the North and South: the Northern business of making, selling and marketing clothing, tools and even whips to Southern plantations.  Rockman,   more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * This Gun Violence Prevention Month, Congressmen Amo, Neguse, Thompson Lead 60 Colleagues in Calling on Senate to Strip the Provision Deregulating Firearm Silencers from Republicans' Big, Bad Bill * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI), Assistant Leader Neguse (D-CO), and Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chair Mike Thompson (D-CA) led over 60 members of the Democratic Caucus in sending a l  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 18 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * To open doors to business on campus, Brown hosts inaugural small business supplier summit *  With the goal of expanding opportunities for Rhode Island small businesses, Brown University convened hundreds of local suppliers and campus leaders who purchase goods and services for its 2025 Small Business Supplier Summit on Wednesday, June 18. The inaugural event -- a collaboration between Brown's Office of S  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 17 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Translational science showcase highlights RNA's promise to improve human health * In 1993, scientists discovered a gene variant that increases the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease. While it's now known that more than two-thirds of Alzheimer's patients carry this genetic risk factor, there is still no treatment to prevent them from developing the disease.  Dr. Vivian Cheung is hopeful that's a  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Policies Will Increase Electricity Costs & Kill Jobs, Burning Consumers and Businesses Alike * WASHINGTON, DC - On the campaign trail, Donald Trump pledged to cut energy costs in half. As president, his policies are causing home energy prices to increase, with consumer electricity prices set to climb by hundreds of dollars under Trump and Republicans' supposedly 'Big Beautiful Bill' which   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senate Approves Reed's Bill to Reign in Abusive Mortgage "Trigger Leads" & Cut Down on Unwanted Spam Calls, Texts and Emails * WASHINGTON, DC - Buying or refinancing a home can be a fraught and stressful experience, and now the U.S. Senate is one step closer to making it a little easier by preventing your personal information from being sold and triggering a title wave of unsolicited spam cre  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Files Amicus Brief Eviscerating Trump's Unconstitutional Overreach in Freezing Congressionally Appropriated Clean Energy Funding Washington, D.C.--Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Fourth Circu  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Dingell Introduce Bill to Bolster Medicaid and CHIP, Extend Uninterrupted Coverage to All Enrollees * Washington, DC - As Republicans continue to negotiate their Big, Beautiful-for-Billionaires Bill behind closed doors to terminate health insurance for millions of Americans, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI) introduced the Stabiliz  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Ernst Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Mental Health Needs of Veterans * Bipartisan legislation named in honor of two Marines, Rhode Islander Lance Cpl. Daniel J. Harvey, Jr., and Iowan Cpl. Adam Lambert, who died by suicide Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) today introduced bipartisan legislation to better support the   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Murray, Heinrich Statement on Trump Firing NRC Commissioner Hanson Washington, D.C.--After Trump fired Commissioner and former Chair Chris Hanson from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an independent agency created by Congress that is charged with ensuring the safe use of radioactive materials, Sen  more