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As premiums spike, HealthSource RI focuses on medical necessity versus low...
The open enrollment campaign for Rhode Island’s health insurance marketplace usually promotes affordability.
Not this year.
“In the past we’ve been saying, ‘Health care is more...
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a...
BOSTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly...
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Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., has represented Rhode Island’s 2nd Congressional District since 2023. He previously served as the state’s general treasurer from 2015-2023.
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Federal budget cuts create one big not so beautiful mess in...
The human and financial costs of federal funding cuts are coming into focus for Rhode Island – and it’s not a pretty picture.
Tens of...
Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP...
BOSTON (AP) – Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest...
Providence allocates $25K to food bank, activates Emergency Food Plan
PROVIDENCE – The city on Thursday allocated $25,000 to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank the same day that a federal judge in Boston...
McKee declares state of emergency over loss of SNAP benefits
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday declared a state of emergency with thousands of Rhode Island residents set to lose food assistance...
Ending taxes on home sales would be no help to most
Not long after U.S. housing prices reached a record high this summer – the median existing home went for $435,000 in June – President...
RI AFL-CIO, Center for Justice join lawsuit challenging elimination of $7B...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island AFL-CIO and the Rhode Island Center for Justice on Monday joined a lawsuit with businesses and nonprofits across the...
Partisan division rules with no end in sight for federal government...
WASHINGTON (AP) – A vote to swiftly end the government shutdown failed Wednesday, as Democrats in the Senate held firm to the party’s demands to fund...
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