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Study: Bill providing funding for educational scholarship accounts won’t hurt public...

PROVIDENCE – New analysis by the Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity shows that a bill under consideration in Rhode Island that would...
HEALTH MATTERS: Dr. Al Kurose, CEO of Coastal Medical in Providence, on right, talks recently with the new wellness clinical team about the value of their Medicare Annual Wellness Visit center, which opened in March. The team includes, from left, nurse practitioner Christina Botelho and pharmacist Elyse Leandro. / COURTESY BILL GALLERY

Advanced training key to nursing growth

Christina Botelho spent 7½ years as a nurse at The Miriam Hospital caring for some of the sickest patients, but today she is a...

Ransomware threat rising

When law enforcement is paying ransoms to the bad guys, you know you have a serious problem: In this case, it's sophisticated viruses known...
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Shifting care: Will the promise of health care jobs be fulfilled?

Christopher Farias is a full-time registered nurse at Rhode Island Hospital and a per-diem worker at the Visiting Nurse Association of Rhode Island. At...
STREAM OF THOUGHT: Visitors canoe along the Blackstone River in Cumberland in 2013. The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council is one of six districts in the state eager to add statewide branding, as proposed by the governor, to its regional messaging. / COURTESY BLACKSTONE VALLEY TOURISM COUNCIL

Defining Rhody essence key to brand success

The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council calls its region the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Warwick's slogan is "Stay in Warwick. See Rhode Island." Then there's...
CELEBRATING THE MORE THAN $1 million in grants that the Pawtucket schools are receiving to help high school students connect to better post-graduation opportunities are, from left: Thuy-Mai Nguyen, College Advising Corps AmeriCorps member at Tolman High School; Patti DiCenso, Pawtucket Schools superintendent; Donald R. Grebien, Pawtucket mayor; Heather Hudson, policy adviser to Gov. Gina M. Raimondo; Sandy Scott, senior communications adviser of the Corporation for National and Community Service; Wendy Spencer, CEO of CNCS; Bernie Beaudreau, executive director of Serve Rhode Island; and Jessaca York, College Advising Corps AmeriCorps member at Shea High School. / COURTESY AMERICORPS

Pawtucket granted more than $1M for high schooler development

PAWTUCKET – The city of Pawtucket will receive more than $1 million in funding for 64 AmeriCorps members for the next two years to...
"Grant writing is painstaking, but having faith in the project and its benefits for the targeted community help spur me forward."

Five Questions With: Marianne Ruggiero

Marianne Ruggiero is an events and project planner for the Rhode Island Latino Arts, a position she’s held since August. She has more than...

ALA lauds volunteers

PROVIDENCE – During National Volunteer Appreciation Week this past week, the American Lung Association of the Northeast singled out one its 22,000 volunteers for...
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TD gives $12K to humanities council

The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of TD Bank, has awarded a $12,602 grant to the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities to...

Verizon grant to help pre-engineering program

PROVIDENCE – A $20,000 Verizon Innovate grant has been awarded to the Providence Career and Technical Academy’s pre-engineering program. The grant will bolster the program’s...
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