Dating back to nearly four decades ago, the Basic Education Opportunity Grant, later renamed the Pell Grant, was created to help provide federal financial assistance to those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford higher education. Named after the...

LEGISLATOR, HILL STAFFER OPEN LOBBYING FIRM: A new lobbying firm sprung into existence today, led by former West Virginia state legislator Arley Johnson and Brad Penney , a longtime lobbyist and former aide to former Sen. Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.). Called...

Deborah Brayton will serve a four-year term on the board of the quasi-public agency, which oversees the Mount Hope Bridge between Bristol and Portsmouth and the Claiborne Pell Bridge between Newport and Jamestown. Brayton served as chief of staff to...

Deborah Brayton will serve a four-year term on the board of the quasi-public agency, which oversees the Mount Hope Bridge between Bristol and Portsmouth and the Claiborne Pell Bridge between Newport and Jamestown. Brayton served as chief of staff to...

The Pell Grant program, named after Rhode Island senator Claiborne Pell, is a form of federal financial aid allotted to low-income students enrolled in undergraduate postsecondary education programs. Improper payments of Pell Grant funds fell by 13...

(AP) -- College students taking longer than six years to graduate would have their Pell grants cut off next school year under a $1-trillion budget bill passed Friday in the House. Millions of low-income students each year receive Pell grants, named...