AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Riverside Rhode Island. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/riverside-ri 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/riverside-ri https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:57:11 -0600 Historic same-sex and interracial marriage bill now heads to U.S. House of Representatives for a vote before it is sent to President Biden’s https://www.americantowns.com/news/us-senate-passes-bipartisan-respect-for-marriage-act-to-protect-marriage-equality-31497055-foster-ri.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/us-senate-passes-bipartisan-respect-for-marriage-act-to-protect-marriage-equality-31497055-foster-ri.html Government and Politics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 In new letter, SCOTUS legal counsel ignores important questions about need to limit far-right influence campaign targeting Republican-appointed https://www.americantowns.com/news/sen-whitehouse-and-rep-johnson-respond-to-scotus-letter-regarding-outside-influence-scandal-31497069-foster-ri.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/sen-whitehouse-and-rep-johnson-respond-to-scotus-letter-regarding-outside-influence-scandal-31497069-foster-ri.html Government and Politics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown https://www.americantowns.com/news/reed-whitehouse-colleagues-issue-joint-statement-on-senate-taking-up-sick-leave-for-rail-workers-31497669-westerly-ri.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/reed-whitehouse-colleagues-issue-joint-statement-on-senate-taking-up-sick-leave-for-rail-workers-31497669-westerly-ri.html Government and Politics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON, DC – After a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a legally flawed ruling that the statutory https://www.americantowns.com/news/us-senators-fifth-circuit-has-given-predatory-lenders-a-wrecking-ball-to-use-against-consumer-protections-for-servicemembers-31497673-bristol-ri.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/us-senators-fifth-circuit-has-given-predatory-lenders-a-wrecking-ball-to-use-against-consumer-protections-for-servicemembers-31497673-bristol-ri.html Government and Politics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 As Congress gets set to vote on legislation to avert a railroad shutdown, Reed says paid sick leave must be part of the deal WASHINGTON, DC – https://www.americantowns.com/news/reed-railroads-need-to-get-on-board-with-paid-sick-leave-31497676-newport-ri.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/reed-railroads-need-to-get-on-board-with-paid-sick-leave-31497676-newport-ri.html Government and Politics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 After House passes legislation to avert national rail strike, Whitehouse calls for Senate to support rail workers while maintaining railway operations https://www.americantowns.com/news/whitehouse-calls-for-paid-sick-leave-for-rail-workers-31499457-providence-ri.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/whitehouse-calls-for-paid-sick-leave-for-rail-workers-31499457-providence-ri.html Government and Politics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 NDAA contains key priorities for Rhode Island, including more than $12.5 billion for submarine construction WASHINGTON, DC – Today, led by https://www.americantowns.com/news/reed-top-lawmakers-reach-bipartisan-agreement-on-national-defense-bill-31500876-richmond-ri.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/reed-top-lawmakers-reach-bipartisan-agreement-on-national-defense-bill-31500876-richmond-ri.html Government and Politics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON, DC -- As Congress works to finalize the FY 2023 Omnibus appropriations package, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Congressman Joe Courtney https://www.americantowns.com/news/ri-and-ct-congressional-delegations-seek-more-support-for-farmers-impacted-by-drought-in-new-omnibus-approps-bill-31500881-hopkinton-ri.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/ri-and-ct-congressional-delegations-seek-more-support-for-farmers-impacted-by-drought-in-new-omnibus-approps-bill-31500881-hopkinton-ri.html Government and Politics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman David Cicilline and Jim Langevin announced $11,615,456 in https://www.americantowns.com/news/ri-delegation-welcomes-116-million-in-federal-funding-to-strengthen-ris-public-health-workforce-and-infrastructure-31500884-glocester-ri.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/ri-delegation-welcomes-116-million-in-federal-funding-to-strengthen-ris-public-health-workforce-and-infrastructure-31500884-glocester-ri.html Government and Politics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 City of Providence and Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council receive grants from Whitehouse-created National Coastal Resilience Fund Providence, RI https://www.americantowns.com/news/ri-delegation-announces-125-million-for-resiliency-upgrades-along-woonasquatucket-river-31500889-providence-ri.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/ri-delegation-announces-125-million-for-resiliency-upgrades-along-woonasquatucket-river-31500889-providence-ri.html Government and Politics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 In amicus brief filed in October, Courts Subcommittee Chairmen exposed chorus of interconnected groups calling on SCOTUS to unleash chaos in American https://www.americantowns.com/news/ahead-of-oral-arguments-in-highstakes-election-case-sen-whitehouse-and-rep-johnson-point-to-opaque-web-of-election-deniers-and-vote-suppressors-peddling-sham-legal-theory-31500899-exeter-ri.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/ahead-of-oral-arguments-in-highstakes-election-case-sen-whitehouse-and-rep-johnson-point-to-opaque-web-of-election-deniers-and-vote-suppressors-peddling-sham-legal-theory-31500899-exeter-ri.html Government and Politics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 For First Time, U.S. Department of Energy Researchers Produce More Energy from Fusion Than Was Used to Drive It, Promising Further Discovery in Clean https://www.americantowns.com/news/reed-joins-doe-to-celebrate-us-scientists-reaching-breakthrough-in-race-toward-fusion-31504701-smithfield-ri.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/reed-joins-doe-to-celebrate-us-scientists-reaching-breakthrough-in-race-toward-fusion-31504701-smithfield-ri.html Government and Politics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Sen. Reed cosponsored bill to prohibit animal cruelty and exploitation of big cats & prevent dangerous incidents involving captive big cats https://www.americantowns.com/news/congress-passes-reedbacked-big-cat-public-safety-act-31501619-warwick-ri.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/congress-passes-reedbacked-big-cat-public-safety-act-31501619-warwick-ri.html Government and Politics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON, DC – For millions of Americans, adult education programs can make the difference between earning a family-sustaining wage and https://www.americantowns.com/news/reed-and-young-introduce-bipartisan-adult-education-works-act-to-strengthen-and-expand-programs-for-adult-learners-31501614-glocester-ri.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/reed-and-young-introduce-bipartisan-adult-education-works-act-to-strengthen-and-expand-programs-for-adult-learners-31501614-glocester-ri.html Government and Politics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 More than 600 fossil fuel lobbyists descended on COP27 in Egypt last month Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ben Cardin https://www.americantowns.com/news/after-widespread-fossil-fuel-lobbying-at-cop27-whitehouse-cardin-markey-call-for-un-climate-conferences-to-require-corporate-participants-to-provide-audited-climate-political-influencing-statements-31501623-woonsocket-ri.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/after-widespread-fossil-fuel-lobbying-at-cop27-whitehouse-cardin-markey-call-for-un-climate-conferences-to-require-corporate-participants-to-provide-audited-climate-political-influencing-statements-31501623-woonsocket-ri.html Government and Politics Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600