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High-driving arrests rise in Vermont, but there’s nuance in the numbers

Government 12/26/2019

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – In the first year that recreational marijuana was legal in Vermont, the number of drivers arrested by state police for...

Police: Rhode Island man obtained gun 2 days before shooting

Government 12/24/2019

WESTERLY (AP) — The man who opened fire at an affordable housing complex, killing one woman and injuring two others, obtained the weapon used...

Community mourns victim of housing complex shooting

Community Service 12/20/2019

WESTERLY (AP) — Friends of a Rhode Island woman gunned down in a shooting at a housing complex that wounded two others remembered her...

A PROPOSAL called the Transportation and Climate Initiative would have an alliance of Northeast and mid-Atlantic states auction pollution allowances to wholesale fuel companies. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Multistate pact could curb transportation carbon emissions

Economic Activity 12/17/2019

BOSTON (AP) – Carbon emissions from cars, trucks and other means of transportation would drop while gas prices would jump under a multistate draft...

PROVIDENCE and Central Falls have won a challenge to conditions of U.S. Department of Justice that would have tied public safety grants to immigration policy. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

Judge rules in favor of cities in suit over grant conditions

Government 11/15/2019

PROVIDENCE (AP) – A federal judge has sided with two Rhode Island cities that challenged the conditions of U.S. Department of Justice public safety...

THE BARNEY DAM in Lincoln was among the dams determined to be high hazard risk when inspected in 2018. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

38 R.I. dams pose safety risk, must be repaired

Economic Activity 11/11/2019

JOHNSTON (AP) – For nearly a decade, Rhode Island officials have been after the town of Johnston to repair several potentially unsafe dams. Considered high...

JASIEL F. CORREIA II, above, lost his reelection and will be succeeded by Paul Coogan as Mayor of Fall River. / COURTESY FALL RIVER

Correia loses reelection to Coogan in Fall River

Government 11/06/2019

FALL RIVER (AP) – A Massachusetts mayor facing federal fraud and extortion charges has lost reelection. Incumbent Jasiel F. Correia II remained on the Fall...

THE MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board approved a series of resolutions directing the MBTA to start working on a multi-billion dollar overhaul of the commuter rail. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

MBTA planning on multibillion-dollar commuter rail overhaul

Economic Activity 11/05/2019

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is planning to spend $10 billion to $28 billion on updates to the commuter rail. The Boston...