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These 5 changes for Rhode Island Medicaid take effect Oct. 1
Changes to Medicaid starting Thursday will affect eligibility for some noncitizens, as well as coverage of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss for Rhode Islanders...
URI to reconsider running its own payroll amid state’s Workday troubles
A colossal software overhaul of the University of Rhode Island’s administrative and payroll systems on track to launch next fall may need to change...
R.I. study links sustained arts education to lower chronic absenteeism
The students in Danielle Trial Lucini’s concert band class were charging through the White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army” during first period at Mount Pleasant...
R.I. rural health projects take shape with $156M federal award
The federal government infused $50 billion into rural healthcare last July when President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 1, also known as the...
New report on primary care Medicaid reimbursement rates, a new promise...
Rhode Island’s primary care providers could see a big boost to their Medicaid reimbursements under a $16 million proposal Gov. Daniel J. McKee pledged...
Thousands of signatures put a question on Providence’s November ballot. One...
Dave Talan thinks it’s hateful. Rep. David Morales thinks it’s the right thing to do. And Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley thinks it’s legally...
Providence charter school singled out by moratorium sues McKee, General Assembly...
A dual-language public charter school blocked from opening in Providence next fall under a moratorium passed by the General Assembly and signed into law...
Washington Bridge closure lengthened East Bay ambulance trips, study finds
Ambulance trips from Rhode Island’s East Bay took about a minute longer in the first six months following the abrupt closure of the Washington Bridge’s westbound...
R.I. receives $1.12M federal grant for criminal record system upgrades
Rhode Island is receiving $1.12 million to help the state’s public safety agency modernize its criminal history record systems – the largest award the...
What Rhode Island lawmakers did – and didn’t do – on...
Technology moves fast. The R.I. Statehouse moves a little slower.
Nevertheless, the General Assembly made several spirited attempts this year to legislate and regulate an...
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