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Nonbinary Providence teachers fight to keep their jobs. They have some...
Brandi Tucker teaches fifth graders on the third floor at Webster Avenue Elementary School in Providence. Sam Wallace works as a librarian at DelSesto...
On COVID anniversary, protestors renew call for nursing home standards legislation
It’s been five years, but registered nurse Stefania Silvestri can still recall the smell of plastic.
“I placed body after body in a bag, day...
Overnight lane closures start on Washington Bridge to install weight monitors
The R.I. Department of Transportation plans to start overnight closures of two lanes on the eastbound Washington Bridge on Tuesday to install electrical cables...
R.I. health care leaders urge federal bankruptcy judge to expedite sale...
An assortment of Rhode Island’s hospital leaders banded together Jan.22 in pleading for a federal bankruptcy judge to expedite approval of the sale of...
Proposed bill could make R.I. 10th state with equity impact laws
Nine states have equity impact laws. Rhode Island could be 10th under this bill.
When lawmakers bring a bill to the chamber floor, one of...
What did Roger Williams look like? New Statehouse portrait makes an...
The portraits of governors past line the hallways of the Rhode Island Statehouse. Why not the state’s founder?
The Statehouse lacked a dedicated portrait of...
Cannabis use is rising among R.I. middle schoolers; high school alcohol...
Yesterday’s vices have lost some favor among Rhode Island’s teens and preteens, a new survey suggests.
And yet cannabis seems to have found a bigger...
R.I. residents may be eligible for compensation in $49M generic drug...
R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha joined a national coalition of attorneys last week announcing a $49.1 million settlement with drugmakers Heritage Pharmaceuticals and Apotex....
Friends, now rivals, face off in Cranston mayoral primary
They say familiarity breeds contempt. To wit: Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins and Rep. Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung – once political allies and friends, but now...
R.I. officials break ground for new girls behavior health care campus
A new behavioral health care campus for adolescent girls who would otherwise have to seek treatment outside Rhode Island is coming to state owned...
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