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FAMILY ATMOSPHERE: Mery Polanco, left, owner and director of Nery’s Land Learning Center, and teaching assistant Felipa Ponte, third from right, work with kids at the day care center in Pawtucket.
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Everybody’s Business: Day care offers kids a sense of belonging

(Editor’s note: This is the 62nd installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
REP. JULIE A. CASIMIRO, D-North Kingstown, says she's submitted legislation in the last two years aimed at increasing the number of inspectors assigned to day care facilities, and she'll do so again in the next legislative session after a state audit showed a high number of violations of safety regulations. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

Alarming rate of violations at day care providers is nothing new

An R.I. State Police raid that allegedly netted fentanyl and crack cocaine on Aug. 7 didn’t take place at a criminal hangout; it happened...
RHODE ISLAND is ranked among the most expensive states for the cost of child care, according to a recent analysis by WalletHub. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

R.I. among most expensive states for child care, WalletHub says

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is ranked among the most expensive states for the cost of child care, according to a recent analysis by WalletHub.  The...

Middletown child care center pays $7K to settle ADA complaint

MIDDLETOWN – A local child care center will pay $7,000 to settle allegations it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act for disenrolling an autistic...
HELP NEEDED: Khadija Lewis Khan, executive director of Providence’s Beautiful Beginnings Child Care Center, says the state’s child care system is underfunded. 
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MICHAEL SALERNO

‘She-cession’ over but gains in jeopardy

The troubling national exodus of women from the workforce in 2020 and 2021 has ended, at least in Rhode Island. That is certainly good...

WalletHub: R.I. 6th-best state in nation for working dads

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is the sixth-best state in the nation for working dads, according to a study released by WalletHub on June 14.  WalletHub,...
ATTORNEY GENERAL Peter F. Neronha announced Friday that an East Greenwich business owner has been ordered to pay $422,000 in restitution for defrauding the state’s child care assistance program. / COURTESY R.I. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

East Greenwich businessman to pay $422K for violating child care assistance...

PROVIDENCE – An East Greenwich business owner has been ordered to pay $422,000 in restitution for defrauding the state’s child care assistance program, Attorney...

WalletHub: R.I. 2nd-best state for working moms

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was ranked the second-best state in the nation for working moms, according to a recent WalletHub study.  WalletHub, a personal finance...

Report: Many R.I. residents struggling to make ends meet

PROVIDENCE – Many Rhode Island residents, especially Black and Latino households, still struggle to make ends meet, according to the biannual Rhode Island Standard...

R.I. awards $8.5 million to child care facility expansions, improvements

PROVIDENCE – Fourteen organizations will add or improve more than 1,200 slots at their child care centers with support from an $8.5 million funding...
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