WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * At FSGG Hearing, Reed Criticizes Trump's Irresponsible Budget & Urges Congress to Make America More Affordable * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says the Trump Administration's reckless budget amounts to thoughtless, willful neglect, not fiscal prudence. Reed is urging Congress to reject Trump's fiscally irresponsible budget that would weaken America and replace it with an approach  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, an organization that defends the right of Catholics to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination, issued the following commentary on April 22, 2026, by President Bill Donohue: * * * CHICAGO LAW FIRM SHOWS ITS BIGOTED COLORS We have previously noted that Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha has decided to conduct an investigation only of sexual misconduct by priests, allowing the cle  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- Common Cause - New York issued the following news release on April 21, 2026: * * * Voting Rights Groups Sue DOJ to Block National Voter Surveil-and-Purge Database Today, Common Cause and four individual members sued the Trump Administration to block the Department of Justice (DOJ) from illegally stockpiling millions of Americans' confidential voter data and creating a national voter database to surveil and purge voters. The complaint argues that the DOJ's actions are unc  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, April 22 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Earth Day 2026 cultivates sustainability awareness and plants seeds for a greener Bryant * While Earth Day happens only once a year, efforts to create a greener Bryant occur year-round. The university recently received its highest-ever score on the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), a self-reported protocol developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA to host open house for the Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site and the Woonasquatucket River * BOSTON, MASS. (April 22, 2026) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold an open house Thursday, May 7, 2026, to update community members on the agency's investigation and cleanup activities at the Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site located in North   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSbrep) -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release on April 22, 2026: * * * UPDATED DATA: Inflation, Gasoline Costs Continue to Soar Under President Trump New reports show that families have spent $2,300 more each on daily expenses since Trump took office; Americans have paid $16 billion more on gas since start of Iran War * Today, the Joint Economic Committee - Minority released two updat  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 23, 2026: * * * Scam Center Strike Force Takes Major Actions Against Southeast Asian Scam Centers Targeting Americans Charges Against Two Chinese Nationals, $700 Million in Cryptocurrency Restrained, and Seizure of Telegram Channel and 503 Scam Websites Are Latest Milestones * The Department of Justice, through U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of t  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 20, 2026, by fellow Charles Fain Lehman to the Washington Post: * * * 'Safe Drug Sites' Don't Work. The Data Proves It. Cities with supervised drug use sites saw the same amount of overdoses. * As America's drug crisis has claimed the lives of nearly a million people over the past decade, cities and states, supported by the federal government under the Biden administration, have embraced new  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Join Colleagues to Demand USPS Uphold Federal Law Over Trump's Illegal Executive Order to Restrict Mail-In Voting * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; Alex Padilla (D-CA),  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Statement on Navy Secretary John Phelan Resignation * WASHINGTON, DC -Today, after the Department of Defense announced that Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan would resign his post, effective immediately, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement: "I thank Secretary Phelan for his service to our nation and to   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 23 [Category: Media] -- The Society of Professional Journalists posted the following news: * * * Region 1 Mark of Excellence Awards 2025 winners announced * The Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 1 with 2025 Mark of Excellence Awards winners. SPJ Region 1 includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania (Central/Eastern), Rhode Island and Vermont. First-place winner  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 24 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion on April 22, 2026: * * * Asa S. Davis, III v. Wood Estates, Inc., et al. Asa S. Davis et al. v. Town of Exeter et al. Present: Suttell, C.J., Goldberg, Robinson, Lynch Prata, and Long, JJ. OPINION Justice Lynch Prata, for the Court. These consolidated cases came before the Supreme Court on December 10, 2025, pursuant to writs of certiorari issued upon two petitions by the defendant, the Town o  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia posted the following news release: * * * Scam Center Strike Force Takes Major Actions Against Southeast Asian Scam Centers Targeting Americans * The Department of Justice, through U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Criminal Division, together with its partners, today announced a series of coordinated actions by the Scam Center Strike Force against Southeast  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, April 23 -- Roger Williams University posted the following news: * * * Students Present Research with Real-World Impact at SASH 2026 From examining ethics in the age of artificial intelligence to rethinking school library access and uncovering the history embedded in Fall River's waterfront, students brought complex questions into public view through their research and capstone projects at the 13th annual Student Academic Showcase and Honors (SASH) on Wednesday, April 2  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, April 23 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Presents at the NHDOT/ACEC-NH Technical Exchange Conference * VHB transportation leaders joined public- and private-sector peers at the 2026 New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) and American Council of Engineering Companies of New Hampshire (AC  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse & Reed Join Colleagues to Demand USPS Uphold Federal Law Over Trump's Illegal Executive Order to Restrict Mail-In Voting * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Jack Reed (D-RI) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; Alex Padill  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 23 -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on April 22, 2026, by Karen Guzman with Peter Krause, senior research scientist and expert in tick-borne diseases: * * * As ticks spread, so do the diseases they carry Yale's Peter Krause, a senior research scientist and expert in tick-borne diseases, explains what's spreading, what's rare but dangerous, and how to stay safe this summer. * Up-close tick encounters are nothing new to Peter Krause. As a tick-borne d  more