THE RHODE ISLAND Public Transit Authority waited until last week to publicly disclose a data breach it identified in August that included personal information of some state employees. The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island sent a letter to RIPTA critical of its handling of the breach.
PROVIDENCE (AP) – The R.I. Public Transit Authority is getting a $900,000 federal boost to develop plans for a high-capacity transit corridor to connect Central Falls to Warwick via Providence, according to the state's congressional delegation. The corridor was one of five goals included in RIPTA's Transit Master Plan for the next 20 years. The…