DOJ and states were back in RI court over federal funding freeze. When is a ruling expected?
U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell said he hopes to issue a ruling in the coming week on states' bid for an injunction.
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Newport City Council hosts a workshop on lead remediation
Newport’s utilities department estimates that replacing lead service lines throughout the city will cost between $51 million ...
E.P.A. Unfreezes at Least Some Climate Spending
The funding, approved by Congress and overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency, had been blocked since January, when ...
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‘It’s heartbreaking’: Rhode Island children’s advocate laments the potential loss of federal funding for schools
The Trump administration is reportedly considering an executive order to scale back or abolish the U.S. Department of ...
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Senator Whitehouse questions legality of Musk’s appointment
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has raised questions about the legality of Elon Musk’s appointment as head of the Department of Government Efficiency, and is demanding answers from the White House ...
Trump's federal spending freeze is back in RI court today. Here's what happened.
The states' challenge to Trump's freeze on spending landed in federal court in Rhode Island last month after authorities directed agencies to ensure compliance with the administration’s priorities.
Trump’s 30-day climate assault
Despite the widely accepted scientific consensus that the planet is warming to dangerous levels — and with an escalation of ...
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Musk’s Coup at the Treasury Has Been Ruled Illegal. Will That Stop Him?
An unelected IT task force is taking over the controls of government with no legal authority, putting us all at risk.
Hundreds of EPA workers were laid off last week. Days later, some in New England were reinstated.
The EPA, which ensures the nation’s water is clean to drink and that air is safe to breathe, laid off almost 400 employees ...
Worried about lead contamination in your water? There's now an online map for you to check
The Rhode Island health department has rolled out a new online mapping tool that allows residents to check if they have lead ...
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Republicans once embraced ‘green banks.’ Trump is trying to raid them.
Lee Zeldin, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced last week that he had uncovered evidence of a massive fraud perpetrated by the Biden administration. In a video posted to social ...