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REMINDER: RITBA Customer Service Center will be open

for special evening hours this Thursday, March 23rd 4-7pm

 

 

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority customer service walk-in center will be open for special evening hours on Thursday, March 23rd, from 4pm-7pm. 

 

“We had a great response to our evening hours last week,” said Lori Caron Silveira, Executive Director of RITBA. “Customers appreciated the convenience of being able to stop by after work and get assistance from our team.”

 

The walk-in center is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9am-1pm for E-ZPass, Bill by Mail, and other tolling transactions.  Call-in hours are Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm (877-743-9727).  The Thursday evening hours on March 23rd will be in addition to the regular Monday, Wednesday, and Friday hours.

 

 

 

President Trump hosted Republican lawmakers at the White House in an apparent show of solidarity during the government shutdown. During a Rose Garden luncheon for GOP Senators, Trump said "radical" Democrats are holding the government hostage. Democratic lawmakers remain dug in on efforts to extend healthcare subsidies, while Republicans are demanding the government reopen before any negotiations take place.        Vice President JD Vance says things are going well with the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, but there's more work to do. Speaking from Israel, Vance said things are going better than he thought. The vice president will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tomorrow.        The state of Arizona is filing a lawsuit attempting to force House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva [[ gree-HALL-vuh ]]. The Arizona Democrat won a special election to fill her late father's seat almost a month ago. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said the case is about whether someone duly elected may be denied rightful office, and accuses Johnson of delaying an order to prevent a vote regarding the Epstein files.        An atmospheric river is beginning in the Pacific Northwest with the potential to impact the region with heavy rain and snow. An active pattern will kick into high gear this week allowing for up to a foot of rain in coastal areas as well as several feet of snow at higher elevations. A level one out of four flash flood threat has been issued by NOAA's Weather Prediction Center for the Northern California coast, coastal Oregon and parts of western Washington for Friday and Saturday which are expected to be the heaviest days of rainfall.        French officials say the jewelry stolen from the Louvre Museum over the weekend is valued at more than 100-million dollars. Thieves broke into the museum Sunday morning, shortly before it opened to the public. They're thought to have gained entry through an upstairs window using some type of mechanical lift.        The Mega Millions jackpot is in record territory. Tuesday night's drawing is worth an estimated 650-million dollars with a cash option of just over 304-million. No one has won the jackpot prize in three-and-a-half months.       

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