PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 3 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news on June 2, 2023: On behalf of four families, attorneys for R.I. Legal Services and the ACLU of Rhode Island today filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against the West Warwick and North Kingstown school districts for excessively and unlawfully restraining their young children, resulting in mental health trauma and physical injury. "Restraint" is the use  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 1 (TNSrpt) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news on May 31, 2023: The ACLU of Rhode Island released a report today detailing the open meeting practices of city and town councils and school committees in providing the public remote access to their meetings in a post-Covid environment. The report found that, while a majority of these public bodies continue to livestream their meetings, record and archive them, and provide ag  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 1 (TNSpp) -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences was awarded today in equal shares to Vladimir Drinfeld of the University of Chicago and Shing-Tung Yau of Tsinghua University. Drinfeld and Yau were recognized for their contributions related to mathematical physics, to arithmetic geometry, to differential geometry, and to Kahler geometry, noted the prize citation. Read more in  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 31 (TNSawa) -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: The American Mathematical Society presented the 2023 Karl Menger Awards at the 2023 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF) on May 17. Awardees were high-school students who earned a slot at the Regeneron ISEF by winning a top prize at a local, regional, state, or national science fair. In addition to a cash prize or certificate, each winner also rece  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 1 (TNSgov) -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: Yesterday evening, the Rhode Island Senate voted in unanimous support of Senate Bill S799. This legislation would ensure Rhode Islanders receive the total value of prescription drug assistance available to them, improving affordable access to care for many with prescription drug needs. S799 was introduced by the late Sen. Maryellen Goodwin, who passed  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 (TNSres) -- First Five Years Fund, an organization that advances ways to increase access to high-quality early childhood education for children from low-income families, issued the following fact sheet: * * * Child Care & Development Block Grant in Rhode Island The Child Care & Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the primary federal grant program that allows states to provide child care assistance to low-income working families with children under age 13. The majority of the  more