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3 days ago · Sheldon Whitehouse is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2006 and began representing Rhode Island in that body the following year. He was born in New York, the son of Charles Sheldon Whitehouse, a diplomat who later served as ambassador to Laos and Thailand.
2 days ago · Roanoke Colony ( / ˈroʊənoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared. It has come to be known as the Lost Colony, and the fate of the 112 to 121 ...
3 days ago · Samuel Ward was an American farmer, politician, Supreme Court Justice, Governor of Rhode Island and a delegate to the Continental Congress. Born in Newport, he was the son of Rhode Island Governor Richard Ward. Ward got his start in politics as a delegate from Westerly and was elected Governor in 1758.
3 days ago · A former governor of Rhode Island, Raimondo is leading the $100 billion campaign to make America the leading chipmaking power and expand broadband access. She likes to call the Chip Act "rocket ...
May 18, 2024 · Design and development by Ryan Best, Aaron Bycoffe, Holly Fuong, Christopher Groskopf, Ritchie King, Ella Koeze, Dhrumil Mehta, Jasmine Mithani, Mary Radcliffe, Anna Wiederkehr and Julia Wolfe. Polling averages by G. Elliott Morris. Cooper Burton, Holly Fuong, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Irena Li, Dhrumil Mehta, Mary Radcliffe, Nathaniel Rakich, Derek ...
5 days ago · The office of the first administrator of the Cannabis Office in Rhode Island is up and running, with Governor Dan McKee announcing on Thursday that Michelle A. Reddish, MS, MPH, would take the position. Reddish is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA), a state-run agency that regulates Oklahoma’s medical […]
5 days ago · Governor Dan McKee today announced the nomination of Michelle A. Reddish, MS, MPH, as the inaugural administrator of the newly established Rhode Island Cannabis Office. “Michelle’s significant ...
