WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Statement on Trump's "Deal" Between Armenia and Azerbaijan * PROVIDENCE, RI - TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) released the following statement on Trump's "Deal Between Armenia and Azerbaijan." "Rather than finding a true resolution that addresses deep-seated issues, President Trump's latest tactic in his campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize fails to protect Armenian sovereignty and security. Th  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, Aug. 16 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Bryant accelerates AI literacy, application for companies By Bob Curley It's been said that the "haves and have-nots" of the future economy will be determined by the ability to understand and utilizing AI tools. Bryant's Executive Education and Career Accelerator's professional development programs are working to ensure that companies and their employees fall on the prosperous side of that scale. Worksh  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, Aug. 15 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Bryant receives $500K gift from PSMJ Resources, Inc. to establish new MBA scholarship fund By Peter Kerwin Smithfield, RI--Bryant University is pleased to announce a significant gift to establish the Frank A. Stasiowski, FAIA '75MBA and Joan M. Tomaceski PSMJ Resources, Inc. Endowed MBA Scholarship Fund. PSMJ Resources, Inc., is the premier business publishing, consulting, and training organization for th  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Does team-based pay motivate employees? Research considers how different incentives impact worker productivity By Emma Bartlett Salespeople. Fruit pickers. Factory workers. All have varying job descriptions, but all are part of industries that are likely following a team-based pay structure -- a system of compensation where employees are rewarded with bonus compensation, or increases to pay, ba  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, Aug. 14 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Internships are a cornerstone of the collegiate experience for Bryant students By Bob Curley If you didn't do an internship as an undergraduate, did you even go to Bryant? It's not quite that axiomatic, of course, but what's true that the vast majority of Bryant students complete at least one formal internship by the time they graduate. Many do two or more. Internships, which students complete through   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest from Network and Simulation Technologies Inc. (Netsimco), a company in Middletown, Rhode Island, challenging its elimination from a U.S. Navy contract competition. The protest concerned a request for proposals issued by the Department of the Navy for information technology support services at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Keyport, Washington. Netsimco argued that the Navy had unfairly evaluated its proposal,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Johnson & Wales University Occupational Therapy Doctorate Program, Providence, Rhode Island, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education addressing the impending negotiated rulemaking concerning student financial aid provisions under Public Law 119-21, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The university's entry-level Occupational Therapy Doctorate program urges the agency to recognize occupational therapy as a professional degree program i  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 12 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Matched with Rhode Island's top employers, local students take first steps toward future careers * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Instead of bagging groceries or scooping ice cream this summer, hundreds of Rhode Island high schoolers are stepping directly into the professional world -- gaining real-world experience as full-time, paid interns at some of the state's top employers, including Brown Uni  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 13 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Nigel Evans: From Army boots to Arabic books * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- French and Arabic are two of the most widely spoken languages in the world, used in more than 100 countries. For rising Brown University senior Nigel Evans, who studies both, the languages represent a key that can open doors to connections across the globe. This summer, Evans is learning Arabic through CLS Spark, a lang  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * On 90th Anniversary of Social Security Act, Whitehouse Spotlights Republican Efforts to Privatize Social Security * Washington, DC - On the 90 th anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today highlighted the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans' hostility toward Social Security. "For 90 years, hardworking Rhode Islander  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 11 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Original manuscript of George Orwell's '1984' is a highlight of Brown's literary archives * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Millions have read the opening line of George Orwell's dystopian novel "1984": "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." But far fewer readers are aware that the author initially wrote it as: "It was a cold blowy day in early April, and a mil  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, a statewide children's policy organization, has expressed strong opposition in a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding the proposed reinterpretation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. The organization argues that the changes would expand the definition of "public benefit" to encompass new programs that have not previously fallen under the law, leading to incr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Rhode Island State Rep. Rebecca Kislak has expressed her opposition to a public comment letter submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services challenging the department's newly posted interpretation of "Federal Public Benefit" under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). Kislak argues that this interpretation could have harmful effects on her constituents who depend on various critical services, including health  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following testimony opening statement from a July 9, 2025, business meeting to consider the nominations of Usha-Maria Turner to be assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and David Wright to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: * * * Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll speak very briefly to Ms. Turner. This administratio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Calls Out Trump for Harming U.S. Small Businesses & Causing Higher Prices * PROVIDENCE, RI - U.S. prices continued to rise in July as President Trump's reckless tariff taxes increase consumer costs and harm American workers and businesses. Prices were 2.7 percent higher last month compared with a year ago, and core inflation went up at an even higher pace over the previous month. U.S. Senat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Celebrates $7M for Providence Affordable Housing Development * PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to increase affordable housing supply in Providence, provide new homes for Rhode Islanders experiencing homelessness, and deepen investment in the capital city's West End, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today touted $7,011,695 in competitive federal funding for the Women's Development Corporation (WDC) to adv  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: Trump's Deployment of National Guard Troops to D.C. is Alarming, Misguided & Unsupported by the Facts * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after President Trump announced his plan to place the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under direct federal control and deploy the National Guard to the streets of Washington, DC, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Service  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Aug. 14 -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: * * * RWU Law Professor Plays Critical Role in Passage of Rhode Island's Freedom to Read Act Nicole P. Dyszlewski helps draft legislation to protect librarians and ensure diverse perspectives in public and school library collections. * PROVIDENCE, R.I. - When Roger Williams University Law Professor Nicole P. Dyszlewski set out to combat rising book censorship, she never imagined her grassroots advocacy wo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following remarks from a July 23, 2025, confirmation hearing for Katherine Scarlett to be a member of the Council on Environmental Quality, and Jeffrey Hall to be assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: * * * As President Trump continues his unchecked parade of corruption, today we consider two nominees for positions at the En  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening remarks from a July 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Constructing the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill: Stakeholders' Perspectives": * * * Thank you, Chair Capito for this hearing, and thank you to our three witnesses for testifying today. As we consider the next surface transportation reauthorization bill, I would be remiss   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: * * * Sign up for USDA Conservation Programs in Rhode Island * Are you an RI Farmer or Woodland Owner? Do you want to * Improve your Farm or Forest Health? * Have Cleaner Air and Water? * Conserve your Soil & Water? * Improve Wildlife Habitat on your Land? * Improve your Animal Waste Management? * Conserve your land through a Conservation Easement?   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Visiting RI Senior Center on 90th Anniversary of Social Security, Amo Vows to Protect Earned Benefits from Republican Attacks * Barrington, RI - TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) visited the Peck Adult Enrichment Center in Barrington on the 90th Anniversary of Social Security to share his work in Congress to protect the program from President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans' threats of   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Demands Documents on Transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell to Minimum-Security Bureau of Prisons Facility Convicted sex trafficker and Jeffrey Epstein associate was transferred without explanation after unusual visit by Trump's Deputy Attorney General  * Late last week, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, sent a letter to Fed  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2025: * * * Whitehouse, Van Hollen Lead 30 Colleagues in Demanding EPA Obey the Law and Restore Solar for All, Other Green Bank Program Funding Lawmakers warn Trump Administration is violating the law by terminating $27 billion in congressionally obligated funding for affordable clean energy * Senator Sheldon White  more