NEW YORK, Dec. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Dec. 5, 2025, entitled "Rhode Island Job Openings and Labor Turnover - August 2025": * * * Rhode Island had 24,000 job openings in August 2025, compared to 26,000 openings in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Acting Regional Commissioner Michael G. Phinney noted that the job openings rate in Rhode Island was 4.  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: * * * Forest Landowners in Rhode Island eligible for USDA funding to permanently protect their land * The RI Forest Health Works Project is a Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) agreement between NRCS, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) Division of Forest Environment and 10 partners. This partnership will leverage over $3.9 milli  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * Marketplace 2026 Open Enrollment Period Report: National Snapshot * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that nearly 950,000 consumers who do not currently have health care coverage through plans in the individual market Marketplace have signed up for coverage in 2026, since the start of the Marketplace Open  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Beyond the Horizon: the Drifter that Returned from Sea An unexpected reunion between a Teacher at Sea and the drifting ocean buoy she deployed the year before. In August 2024, as science teacher Tonya Prentice planned her travel to NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow, she made sure to pack stickers. Some stickers were from Tremont Consolidated School (mascot: Wildcats), where she teaches middle   more