Tag: Brian Newberry
House GOP lawmakers to skip annual Chamber luncheon
PROVIDENCE – In a break from tradition, the state legislature’s House Republican leadership on Tuesday announced the chamber's GOP lawmakers will not be attending...
McKee fires staffer for anti-Israeli statements
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee fired one of his Statehouse staffers after it was discovered the employee posted pro-Palestinian political opinions online, WPRI-TV...
R.I.’s COVID-19 state of emergency one of a few remaining in...
PROVIDENCE – It has been more than three years since the first case of COVID-19 was announced in Rhode Island by then-Gov. Gina M....
STEM-ing the flow: Is R.I.’s Wavemaker program reducing ‘brain drain’?
Architectural designer Kaitlin DeGregorio was weighing a job offer in New York 2½ years ago when she instead made a commitment to a construction...
Does IGT controversy miss the point?
The unfolding story over the no-bid contract extension with International Game Technology PLC for supplying technology and services to the state’s lottery system has...