Jacquelyn Voghel
MAKING ROOM In the MIDDLE: R.I. struggles to create workforce housing,...
For nursing assistant Johnbray Brown, moving into a workforce-rate unit in the renovated Paragon Mill in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood was a hard-won victory spanning...
Creative Conners’ products keep stages moving for small theaters, productions
(Editor’s note: This is the eighth installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
Higher ed in R.I. grapples with the use of ChatGPT
When Monica Linden, a senior lecturer of neuroscience at Brown University, enlisted ChatGPT to write a portion of a class syllabus, there was some...
‘Overdose hot spot’ to get R.I.’s 1st safe injection center
In Providence’s West End, behavioral health care agency CODAC Inc. serves one of the city’s hardest-hit neighborhoods in the opioid crisis. From 2016 to...
Five Questions With: Joseph Mulligan
Joseph Mulligan | Director of planning and development, city of Providence
1. What are your priorities for Providence as the city’s new director of...
R.I. coastal resiliency set to receive $691K in federal funding
PROVIDENCE – The Port of Providence shoreline and Narragansett Bay are set to benefit from an approximately $691,000 federal funding to support coastal resiliency...
Avian flu outbreak identified among Swansea waterfowl
SWANSEA – Seven dead birds in Swansea have tested positive for avian flu, the town announced following a cluster of deaths among 24 swans...
Regent Craft unveils full-scale seaglider mock-up, facility expansion plans
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Regent Craft Inc.’s seaglider technology has taken a “key step” closer to passenger transportation trials, the company announced on April 14,...
Some educators say McKee’s Learn 365 RI plan ‘unformed,’ needs more...
Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s plan to improve student outcomes, dubbed “Learn 365 RI,” places emphasis on year-round learning outside of regular school hours, but...
First R.I. overdose prevention center slated for 2024 opening
PROVIDENCE – Almost two years after Rhode Island became the first state in the country to legalize overdose prevention centers, plans to establish the...
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