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Ryan Belmore, What's Up Newp

RI Delegation Announces $31.9 Million to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Construction Projects

A $15.5 million Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program award — the largest grant the state has ever received through the program — will fund structure-elevation at the Port of Galilee and Wickford Dock, as well as replacement of a total of eight docks at three Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) marine facilities.

November 21, 2024

Aquidneck Avenue road project complete. Here's what was done

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced a new $31,933,577 Low-Carbon Transportation Materials grant for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) to allow the State to incorporate low-carbon transportation materials in construction projects and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The building and construction sector is the largest contributor of global greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 37 percent of annual emissions.

November 21, 2024

News Staff, Newport Daily News

‘A point of pride’: Rhode Island FC barrels its way to the USL title game

Rhode Island Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti Jr. and Middletown Town Administrator Shawn Brown Tuesday joined with state and local leaders to mark the completion of a project to reconstruct a portion of Aquidneck Avenue in Middletown, one of the town’s busiest commercial corridors.

November 19, 2024

By Omar Mohammed, Boston Globe

Four individuals arrested for elder fraud amid rising cases in RI

PROVIDENCE — Ervin Vargas of Pawtucket was one of about a hundred soccer fans who spent the weekend in South Carolina for one reason: to support the Rhode Island FC.

Turned out their trip down south was worth it.

Rhode Island FC beat the Charleston Battery, winning the club its first Eastern Conference title and securing its place in the United Soccer League title game on Saturday.

November 14, 2024

Lev Kotler-Berkowitz, The Brown Daily Herald

RI Delegation Steers Another $11.25M to Quonset to Strengthen Port Infrastructure

In early March, a pair of Warwick grandparents gave up over $18,000 to cover what they thought was their grandson’s bail. They were contacted again and told to pay $40,000, but this time, they recognized the request as a scam and contacted the Warwick Police. The incident, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island, is part of a growing number of cases of elder fraud in the Ocean State.

November 13, 2024

Gabe Amo’s proposed bill would direct federal funds to RI’s ocean-centered blue economy

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI -- Highlighting the importance of well-maintained port infrastructure, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced $11.25 million in new federal funding for the Port of Davisville at Quonset Point through the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). The Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) will use the federal funding, which was made possible through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to move forward with its Project GUARD: Gateway Upgrades for Access, Resilience & Development.

November 7, 2024

Lev Kotler-Berkowitz, The Brown Daily Herald

Reed, Whitehouse, Amo, Smiley Highlight Federal Funding for City of Providence to Combat Opioid Crisis

Following a multi-day, statewide tour late last month, Representative Gabe Amo (D-R.I. 1) announced new legislation that would support Rhode Island’s emerging “blue economy.”

October 31, 2024

RI Delegation Announces Over $306,000 to Help Rhode Island's Craft Beverage Sector Prevent Pollution

Providence, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Gabe Amo joined with Mayor Brett Smiley and SAMHSA Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Miriam Delphin-Rittmon to highlight a new $2.3 million federal First Responders - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (FR-CARA) grant to support the City’s comprehensive strategy to improve first responders’ ability to save lives. Whitehouse authored CARA, which is the primary law guiding the federal response to the opioid epidemic.

October 31, 2024