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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
By Jennifer D. Jordan PROVIDENCE -- Monday morning, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is scheduled to go to Rhode Island College and announce that more than $280,000 in federal financing is coming to the college's School of Nursing, to upgrade a learning laboratory that simulates a real-world hospital setting. Students use the lab to learn about patient care and receive training in critical care, birthing and...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Jack Reed was on hand Tuesday morning at the White House as President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed Prime Minister Singh of India and India's first lady, Gursharan Kaur, flanked by a cast of hundreds. The star-studded crowd in the East Room ran the gamut from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to actor Blair Underwood....
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
By Richard Salit The Senate voted on Wednesday for a military construction appropriations bill that would provide $73.85 million next year for improvements at Naval Station Newport . "This federal funding will allow the Navy to make critical renovations at Naval Station Newport," Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) said in statement announcing the unanimous vote. "This federal investment is vitally...
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The Virginian Federalist (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The weekend news reports and talk show discussions are full of viewpoints regarding the announced terrorism trials to be held in New York City. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani remarked on the security threats trials in New York would pose as well as the publicity platform which such trials may provide to the defendants. Meanwhile, the AP reports Senator Patrick Leahy D-Vt, chairman of the Senate...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
By News staff PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former high-ranking Rhode Island state police official has been sworn in as the new U.S. Marshal . Steven O'Donnell was sworn in Friday at the federal courthouse in downtown Providence. O'Donnell was recommended by the state's Democratic senators, Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed, and then nominated by President Barack Obama. O'Donnell was a member of the State...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan On the local front: A year ago today: A person is found dead in Little Compton's Sakonnet Harbor this morning. The police said the body was found floating next to a partially submerged vehicle. The police said the investigation is in early stages and that the identity of the body is being withheld until a positive ID is completed and next of kin notified. At 8:42 a.m., the police...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
By Peter Lord H. Curtis "Curt" Spalding, the longtime director of the environmental advocacy group Save the Bay in Rhode Island, has been named the regional administrator in New England for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- the region's top environmental regulatory post. EPA administrator Lisa Jackson announced Spalding's appointment Thursday afternoon. The announcement ends months...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
By Peter Lord The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $15 million Tuesday to the company that plans to expand its landfill gas-to-electricity generation facility at the state's Central Landfill in Johnston. Rhode Island LFG Genco , an affiliate of Ridgewood Renewable Power , has a contract to spend $80 mllion expanding its facility into the second largest one in the U.S. that generates electricity by...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
By Jennifer D. Jordan NORTH KINGSTOWN, R. I. -- Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited Hamilton Elementary School Monday morning, and talked with 15 support staff who help to keep schools running -- custodians, cafeteria workers, clerks, teaching assistants and bus drivers, collectively known as education support professionals. Sen. Jack Reed attended along with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
By Richard Salit Rhode Island will receive $30 million in federal aid for conservation and clean water projects under budgets approved by the House and Senate on Thursday. While the aid is targeted for six specific projects around the state-- including a unique ultraviolet disinfection plant in Newport -- the lion's share, or about $27.5 million, will be deposited in revolving state accounts that loan...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
By News staff WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Wednesday signed a $680-billion Pentagon budget blueprint for the new fiscal year that cuts a number of weapons-buying programs but presses ahead with plans to step up production of the Virginia-class submarine. The 2010 defense bill for the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1 authorizes $130 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- costs that the...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
By News staff By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Rep. James R. Langevin and Sen. Jack Reed plan to be among the legislators on hand in the White House Rose Garden Wednesday when President Obama signs a $680-billion Pentagon budget blueprint for next year that cuts a number of weapons-buying programs but presses ahead with plans to step up production of the Virginia-class submarine....
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
By Richard Salit Rhode Island children from urban areas will get the chance to explore nature first-hand thanks to a federal grant that the Audubon Society of Rhode Island has received for its efforts to promote the study of enviromental science. Audubon and U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced on Monday that the nonprofit environmental group will receive $143,000 to bring 4,500 elementary and middle school...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Jack Reed has been made chairman of a key Senate panel with jurisdiction over Navy shipbuilding, a significant assignment for the Democrat from Rhode Island, which depends on the industry for many jobs. Reed will take the chair of the Seapower Subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee, vacated upon the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy....
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