PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 2 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release: The ACLU of RI today announced the settlement of an age and sex discrimination lawsuit filed last year against the now-closed Newport Grand Casino on behalf of a female employee who claimed that she had been paid less than a younger male employee performing the same duties in the same position. The suit was on behalf of Paula Borrelli, who had worked at Newport Grand since 2  more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, Oct. 4 -- American Student Assistance issued the following news release, dated Oct. 1: * * * - Career Pathways Program to Reach 9,000 Eighth-Grade Students in Rhode Island * * * Junior Achievement of Rhode Island announced today that they have received a $100,000 grant from American Student Assistance(R) (ASA) to support their JA Inspire career pathways program. JA Inspire, which is planned to reach 9,000 Rhode Island eighth-graders next month, was developed to help su  more

SWITZERLAND, Mexico, Oct. 2 -- MassChallenge issued the following announcement: MassChallenge, a global network of zero-equity startup accelerators,?today announced the top six startups from its 2019 Rhode Island program. Selected startups will now move into the final judging round, where they'll compete for cash prizes that will be awarded at the MassChallenge Awards on October 24, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. "It has been an incredible experience getting to know the 2019 Rhode Island start  more

HARRISBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 3 -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement by senior campaign representative Tom Schuster on the Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's plan to join regional initiative to cap carbon pollution: Today Governor Wolf signed an executive order beginning the process that would add Pennsylvania to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). States participating in RGGI place limits on climate change-causing carbon pollution emissions from power plants, that decline o  more

OAKLAND, California, Oct. 1 -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement by Eastern Region Deputy Director Mark Kresowik on Transportation and Climate Initiative: Today, the 12 states and D.C. participating in the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) released a draft regional policy proposal to reduce greenhouse gas pollution from transportation. States include Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Ve  more