PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 23 -- Brown University issued the following news: A spirited celebration: Sights, sounds and stories from Commencement and Reunion 2024 By the News and Editorial Development team in Brown's Office of University Communications. Brown's big weekend offers graduation ceremonies, alumni reunions and a multitude of other opportunities for graduates, alumni, family and friends to honor accomplishments and reunite. *** Original text here: https://www.brown.edu/news/20  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 23 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Acknowledging the importance of consistent attendance in education and in alignment with the #AttendanceMatters campaign, Governor Dan McKee and Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green are pleased to highlight the top elementary, middle, and high schools with the greatest average weekly attendance. The following schools are Rhode Island's attendance leaders for the week of May 13, 2024/*:   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 24 -- Brown University issued the following news: Brown University will confer a total of 3,244 degrees at its 256th Commencement, with undergraduate, graduate and medical school ceremonies taking place across the weekend. Nearly 1,000 master's degrees will be conferred on Saturday, May 25, on the College Green during the Master's Ceremony. Class of 2024 degree conferrals will continue the next day on Pembroke Field during the Doctoral Ceremony; at the First Bapti  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 24 -- Brown University issued the following news: The Brown University School of Public Health dean urged members of the House Committee on Ways and Means to better support the dwindling number of doctors in private practice. While the array of forces driving the demise of independent physicians in the United States is complex, Congress can take multiple key actions to support private health care providers and enable them to focus on patient care. That's accordin  more

WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island, May 23 -- CVS Health issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: CVS Corporation co-founder Stanley P. Goldstein died yesterday at the age of 89. The company he helped build is a foundational component of what is now CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), a leading health services company that is committed to building a world of health around every consumer. "All of us at CVS Health mourn the loss of Stan, who was a true business pioneer, an outstanding mentor, and a caring l  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, May 24 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: The State of Wyoming has joined an Alabama-led 19-state coalition asking the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the efforts of California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Rhode Island to dictate the future of American energy policy. Those five states have brought unprecedented litigation against the nation's most vital energy companies for an alleged "climate crisis," and are demanding b  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 21 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following news release: Littler, the world's largest employment and labor law practice representing management, continues to expand its shareholder ranks with the addition of Gregory Tumolo in its Providence, Rhode Island office. He joins the firm from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, where he was co-chair of the Employment Advice and Counseling practice group. Tumolo's arrival follows several recent additions at the shareholde  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 24 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit with 18 other states against California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey and Rhode Island at the United States Supreme Court in order to halt the blue states' burdensome policies that threaten Missouri energy. In the suit, General Bailey asserts the defendants have brought unprecedented pressure against the na  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 23 (TNSres) -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Data from the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) "Electric Power Monthly" reports finds that residential electric rates in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island have all increased at a substantially greater rate than New Hampshire from 2017 to 2024. The data finds that on a cents-per kilowatt-hour basis for residential customers: * Rhode Island rates   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 24 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today joined the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and a bipartisan coalition of 29 other states in filing an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., alleging that the company has illegally monopolized the live entertainment industry and engaged in anticompetitive conduct to the detriment of artists and their fans  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 23 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha alongside Topher Hamblett, Executive Director of Save The Bay, Senator Victoria Gu, Representative Terri Cortvriend, and advocates called for the passage of a bill that would reform the Coastal Resource Management Council (CRMC) into a Department of Coastal Resources under the executive branch. If passed, this legislation would replace the curre  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 23 -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Governor Dan McKee, Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner Assistant Commissioner Greg Ebner, Secretary of State Gregg Amore, Senate Education Chair Senator Sandra Cano, House Education Committee Chair Representative Joseph McNamara, and College Board Senior Director for State and District Partnerships Dena   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 23 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee, the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) have awarded $160,000 in grants to support farmers as they decarbonize their agricultural operations. The clean energy projects funded through this opportunity will further the reduction of the state's carbon footprint while reducing the energy burden of  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 25 -- Rhode Island School of Design issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: On Saturday, June 1, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) will award degrees to 522 undergraduate and 253 graduate students at its 141st Commencement ceremony. Commencement 2024 will take place at 9 am ET at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in downtown Providence followed by a community reception in Market Square to toast the Class of 2024. For more information on RISD's 2024 Commenceme  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 25 -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Governor Dan McKee, Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green and the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) today announced $3.3 million annually in five-year grant awards to 16 community-based organizations and local education agencies (LEAs) that provide high-quality after-school and summer learning programs for students. The award program is federally funded through  more