WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, East Providence, Rhode Island, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the proposed changes to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System for Calendar Year 2026. The organization represents specialists in addiction psychiatry, emphasizing the need for improved payment structures for community mental health centers (CMHCs) that offer partial hospitalization and intens  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Celebrates Rhode Island's Veterans at Resource Fair and BBQ * PAWTUCKET, RI - YESTERDAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) hosted his second annual Veterans Barbecue and Resource Fair at Slater Park in Pawtucket. The event featured resource tables with Veterans' advocacy and support groups from across Rhode Island. "It was an honor to gather with so many of Rhode Island's Veterans and their famili  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Statement on H.Res 719 * Washington, DC - TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) issued the following statement on H. Res 719: "The assassination of Charlie Kirk was a tragedy that took a father from his children, husband from his wife, son from his parents, and makes us all less safe. His killing is unequivocally unacceptable. In the heightened intensity of our political climate, a resolution  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo, Colleagues, Advocates Launch Congressional Community Safety Caucus * WASHINGTON, DC - YESTERDAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI), Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12), Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Congressman Henry "Hank" Johnson (GA-04), Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03), and Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) launched the first-ever Congressional Community Safety Caucus to uplift ho  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, Sept. 20 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Artificial intelligence is an educational gamechanger in Bryant's Physician Assistant simulation labs By Emma Bartlett Beverly Slate, a high-fidelity mannequin, sits in a simulation lab hospital bed. In the room with her are four of Bryant University's Physician Assistant students. One talks with Beverly at her bedside while the others, seated by the door, watch. Students ask Beverly how she's feeling, d  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Seeks to Install His Chief Economist Stephen Miran on Fed Board, Reed Warns Fed's Loss of Independence is a Serious Threat to U.S. Economy * WASHINGTON, DC - Today on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a leading member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, urged his Senate colleagues to vote against Dr. Stephen Miran's nomination to be a Member of the Federa  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Sept. 16, 2025, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Rhode Island - First Quarter 2025": * * * Employment rose in Rhode Island's two largest counties, Providence and Kent, from March 2024 to March 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Mark J. Maggi noted that Providence County had the larger ove  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 15 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Brown launches new online master's degree in business analytics * As organizations contend with the rapid growth of available data and the need to make informed, evidence-based decisions, a new Brown University master's degree will aim to provide students with the professional skills needed to transform complex information into insights through cutting-edge data analysis. The master of science in busine  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 15 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Brown University medical students don white coats, kick off medical careers * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- One-hundred forty-five first-year medical students at Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School took the next step toward a career that their dean called "both a great privilege and tremendous responsibility" on Saturday, Sept. 13. The annual Ceremony of Commitment to Medicine, info  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Delegation Calls for Release of Information on Status of VA Workforce in Rhode Island * TODAY, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo called on Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Douglas Collins, to explain the loss of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees across the United States and provide an update on the status of Rhode Island'  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Delegation Calls for Release of Information on Status of VA Workforce in Rhode Island * Trump's Attacks on Veterans led to the loss of over 8,700 veteran-serving employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs across the U.S. this year. Washington, D.C. - TODAY, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo called on Secretary of V  more

WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island, Sept. 18 -- CVS Health issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2025: * * * CVS Health declares quarterly dividend CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) has announced that its board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend of sixty-six and one-half cents ($0.665 cents) per share on the Common Stock of the Corporation. The dividend is payable on November 3, 2025, to holders of record on October 23, 2025. * * * About CVS Health CVS Health is a leading health solutions   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Estes, Magaziner Introduce Legislation to Reclaim Lost Retirement Funds for Seniors * U.S. Representatives Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and Seth Magaziner (D-Rhode Island) introduced the Unclaimed Retirement Rescue Plan. This legislation will direct the Secretary of Labor to reunite workers with lost retirement funds from 401(k) accounts and IRAs. This error can occur when retirement savings are left behind wi  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 15 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Exhibition at Brown responds to University's Haffenreffer Museum collection of Navajo objects * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- In June 2023, as part of his material research for an exhibition at Brown University, Dine (Navajo) artist Eric-Paul Riege visited Brown's Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology to explore its Navajo collections. Among the objects he studied was a loom with an unfinished text  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 18 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Generous gift to fund Prince Lab renovation at Brown, creating the Lassonde Innovation and Design Hub * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- With a $16.75 million gift from the Lassonde Family Foundation, Brown University will launch a full-scale renovation of Prince Lab, transforming the 63-year-old building into a dynamic and central campus hub for project-based learning, cutting-edge research and eng  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Talks Fighting Trump's Corruption and the Climate Crisis on the Democrats' Daily Blueprint * In case you missed it, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island joined the Democrats' Daily Blueprint to discuss how the Trump administration's corruption is hurting working families -- including by raising your energy costs, getting rid of good-paying jobs, and exace  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Sues Rhode Island Department of Education and Providence Public School District for Racial Discrimination Against Teachers * The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit today against the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) and the Providence Public School District (PPSD) over their "Educators of Color Loan Forgiveness Program" (Program) through which new PPSD teachers who   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 16 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Lawmakers can ensure that nonprofit hospitals benefit communities, Brown scholar tells Congress * WASHINGTON, D.C. [Brown University] -- More than half of U.S. hospitals are nonprofit organizations, and the total financial value of nonprofit tax exemptions exceeds $37 billion per year nationally. In return for this exemption, the IRS requires that nonprofit hospitals operate with a primary focus of servin  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Sept. 19 -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: * * * Losing the Revolution Wind Project Would Be 'Devastating' to New England, RWU Professor Says PROVIDENCE, R.I. - According to Roger Williams University Engineering Professor Maija Benitz, losing the Revolution Wind project would be "devastating to our region." In August, the Trump administration halted construction on Revolution Wind, a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is 80 pe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Magaziner Introduces Legislation to Reunite Americans with Lost Retirement Benefits * WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner (RI-02) and Ron Estes (KS-04), both former state treasurers, introduced the bipartisan Unclaimed Retirement Rescue Plan, bipartisan legislation to reunite Americans with lost retirement benefits they rightfully earned. A 2019 Employee Retirement Income  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Magaziner Statement on Anniversary of Ethnic Cleansing of Armenian Population in Nagorno-Karabakh * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) released the following statement recognizing the second anniversary of the 2023 ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan. "Today we recognize the anniversary of the ethnic cleansing and territorial assault on Nagorn  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * New CBO Report Shows Health Price Spikes, Coverage Loss Will Worsen if Republicans Fail to Act on ACA Tax Credits * WASHINGTON, DC - The Trump Administration's policies, regulation, tariffs, and legal changes are making health coverage less affordable for millions of Americans and have resulted in the steepest health premium increases in 15 years for Americans with employer-sponsored insurance.   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 20 -- The Oceantic Network, formerly the Business Network for Offshore Wind, issued the following statement on Sept. 19, 2025: * * * Oceantic Statement: Action Against SouthCoast Wind Sabotages New England Grid, Affordable Energy Late yesterday, the Department of Justice filed to voluntarily remand its approval of SouthCoast Wind's Construction and Operations Plan. The 2.4 GW project was scheduled to deliver reliable, affordable power to more than 1 million Massachu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Help Unveil the Billionaires Income Tax Act to Ensure Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share * WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to ensure fairness in the U.S. tax system and crack down on tax avoidance techniques by billionaires, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are teaming up with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) to reintroduce the Billionaires Income Tax Act (  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Help Unveil the Billionaires Income Tax Act to Ensure Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share * WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to ensure fairness in the U.S. tax system and crack down on tax avoidance techniques by billionaires, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are teaming up with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) to reintroduce the Billionaires Income   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Seek to Restore NOAA's Extreme Weather Database, Keep Americans Informed of Natural Disasters * WASHINGTON, DC - After the Trump Administration terminated America's extreme weather database that has tracked the cost of disasters since 1980, a group of leading U.S. Senators is fighting back. U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are teaming up with U.S. S  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Statement on Trump's Military Strikes in the Caribbean * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, after President Trump ordered the U.S. military to attack and destroy a boat in Caribbean for the second time this month, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement condemning the strikes: "President Trump's actions are an outrageo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: Trump's Tax Bill Decimates Medicaid & Will Increase Health Care Prices for All Americans * PROVIDENCE, RI - With Rhode Island health insurance premiums slated to increase by over 20 percent in many cases in the coming year and approximately 175,000 Rhode Islanders who are covered by commercial insurance plans slated to see their premiums rise by double digits in 2026, U.S. Senator Jack Reed  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Rhode Island Business Owner Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Money Laundering Conspiracy and Obstruction of Justice * BOSTON - The owner of a "virtual CFO" business from Rhode Island was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for laundering tens of millions of dollars in proceeds from internet fraud schemes by creating shell companies and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Rhode Island Congressional Delegation Welcomes Over $56 Million for Ocean State Research * PROVIDENCE, RI - Recognizing the talent, innovation, and excellence of Ocean State-based researchers across a variety of fields, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Gabe Amo and Seth Magaziner today welcomed over $56+ million in recently awarded federal grants from the National Sci  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 15 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Rhode Island Startup Week to spotlight Brown faculty and student ventures * Hundreds of people from Rhode Island's business community will gather in September for the sixth annual Rhode Island Startup Week. Organized by RIHub, the celebration spotlights entrepreneurship and innovation across the state. From Sept. 18 to 26, the program will feature startup showcases, workshops, discussions and networking e  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Sept. 16 -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: * * * Roger Williams University Partners with Follett Higher Education for Improved Campus Retail Experience RWU and Follett join forces to ensure students have the affordable course materials and supplies needed for a successful academic career. * Roger Williams University has partnered with Follett Higher Education to enhance our campus store experience for students, expanding access to more affordable  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Sept. 17 -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: * * * RWU Construction Management and Biology Faculty Partner on Sustainability Study on Mass Timber in Coastal Environments Two mass timber structures installed this summer on RWU's Bristol campus will be key to a yearlong sustainability study led by faculty and students. By Matthew Milotakis You've probably seen the wooden structure surrounded by an array of electronic gadgets and fenced off in one of   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2025: * * * Whitehouse Investigates Fossil Fuel, Polluter Influence Behind EPA's Proposed Repeal of Endangerment Finding EPW Ranking Member raises concerns about the level of involvement from industry groups, which are poised to cash in on a pro-polluter agenda at the expense of American families * Today, Senator  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 16 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Staff Spotlight: From Brown's campus to local neighborhoods, Victoria Mealer-Flowers roots for all students * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Whether she's offering advice to members of Brown's men's soccer team, welcoming student-athletes to a senior sendoff at the Pizzitola Sports Center or leading students in a Habitat for Humanity service project, Victoria Mealer-Flowers brings firsthand experi  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, Sept. 18 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Student business creators serve as mentors, role models in Bryant's new Entrepreneurship Center By Bob Curley Four student innovators will be the embodiment of entrepreneurship in Bryant's new center devoted to nurturing enterprises founded by members of the university community and beyond. Vincent Emery '26, Chase Whitman '27, Sam Lower '26, and Sean Nelson '27 were recently named the first FOUNDERS (  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Vice Ranking Member Amo on Bad Republican State Department Plan to Cede American Global Leadership, Entrench Trump Corruption * Washington, DC - TODAY, House Foreign Affairs Committee Vice Ranking Member Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) issued the following statement on the House Foreign Affairs Committee passage of the State Department Reauthorization bills: "This markup was the latest step in Presi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Vice Ranking Member Amo Passes Three Amendments to Support Rhode Island Jobs, Strengthen U.S. Alliances * Washington, DC - TODAY, House Foreign Affairs Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) secured the passage of three amendments as part of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's State Department Reauthorization process to strengthen the Australia United Kingdom United States (AUKUS) Security Pact, su  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * Whitehouse Denounces EPA's Proposed Cancelation of Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announce  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2025: * * * Whitehouse Opening Statement at Army Corps Oversight Hearing Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing, "Oversight of the US Army Corps of Engineers." Ranking M  more