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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.

 

 

 

The House has began a debate session ahead of tonight's vote on the debt ceiling deal. The bill negotiated between the White House and Republicans would suspend the nation's debt ceiling for two years. Voting is scheduled to begin this hour.       Former President Trump's White House aides are being subpoenaed over the firing of a top election security official. Trump fired his cybersecurity chief Christopher Krebs in November 2020 after the presidential election. It came days after Krebs went against Trump's false election fraud claims in a statement describing the election as one of the most secure in American history.       Actor Danny Masterson is guilty of raping two women. On Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury also said it was deadlocked on the charge related to a third accuser. The jury deliberated for seven days before deciding the actor raped the two victims at his Hollywood Hills home two decades ago.        The GOP field for the 2024 presidential nomination is about to get another candidate. Axios reports that former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will announce his candidacy at a town hall in New Hampshire next week. A once ally of former President Trump, Christie has turned into one of his critics within the Republican party.       Only 18 percent of Americans are satisfied with the state of the nation. That's about half of the historical 35-percent average. A new Gallup poll shows that the number of Americans saying they're satisfied with the trajectory of the country has been below 20-percent since March.       Bruce Springsteen is said to be ok after falling on stage while performing in Amsterdam over the weekend. The singer took a spill while going up a set of stairs, but was quickly helped up by members of his E Street Band. One concertgoer tweeted that the 73-year-old was able to finish the concert.        

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