Tag: Dominick J. Ruggerio
General Assembly opens 2025 legislative session
PROVIDENCE – State lawmakers convened on Smith Hill Tuesday to officially start the six-month 2025 legislative session.
As is customary, House and Senate leaders delivered...
FALLING SHORT: Projected $330M deficit has General Assembly prepping for belt-tightening
For Rhode Island legislators, what’s old is new again.
After three years of surpluses, state budget officials are now projecting that the government is facing...
Public blame over RIBridges cyber breach points to Deloitte. But what...
PROVIDENCE – For the second year in a row, an infrastructure breakdown has made it a long December for Rhode Islanders.
Oddly enough, it involves...
Sen. Sandra Cano resigns to take possible new job with SBA
PROVIDENCE – Sen. Sandra Cano, D-Pawtucket, who has served in the R.I. General Assembly for the last six years and recently had a brief...
A CURE FOR THE ILLS? Not everybody is convinced R.I. would...
(Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series exploring issues surrounding the training of physicians in Rhode Island and its impact on...
Where does Mass. move to tuition-free community colleges leave R.I.?
Massachusetts has expanded its community college tuition-free program to cover all students this fall, but don't expect Rhode Island to follow suit anytime soon.
State...
R.I. Senate OKs commission to explore creation of medical school at...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Senate approved a resolution establishing a 21-member commission to explore the possibility of creating a medical school at the University...
Decision on Citizens issue will keep commerce flowing
To the Editor:
On June 18, I had the opportunity to listen to Sean McGarvey, president of North America’s Building Trades Unions, talk about how...
Handle with care: Fate of hospitals in balance as regulators review...
Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. was seen as a hero a decade ago, swooping in to prop up the struggling Roger Williams Medical Center in...
Would a 2nd medical school in R.I. be worth it?
Some state lawmakers are floating the idea of establishing a state medical school that would be a more-affordable alternative to Brown University and might ease persistent...
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