On Jan. 19
A year ago today:
U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announce that the federal government is releasing $6.45 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture money for the Rhode Island Natural Resources Conservation Service's Emergency Watershed Protection Program.
5 years ago today:
Stunned by Governor Carcieri's proposal to cut almost $13 million in municipal aid to help close a massive budget gap, city and town leaders say the plan couldn't have come at a worse time. The governor has said he has no choice but to reduce spending at all levels of government, local communities included.
25 years ago today:
Former Superior Court Judge Ernest C. Torres, 46, of East Greenwich, is sworn in as a U.S. District judge, the 20th in the state's history.