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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

Government 08/22/2025

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...

ROUNDTABLE: Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island CEO and President Peter Marino, center, meets with staff at the health insurer’s Smithfield headquarters. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

‘Turbulent time’ for those up for Medicaid renewal

Focus 09/01/2023

The staff at Thundermist Health Center has been bracing for a flood of work this year, and that flood has now arrived. The center, a...

DHS warns of increase in fraudulent activity targeting SNAP, RI Works...

Economy 02/28/2023

PROVIDENCE – Fraudulent activity targeting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Rhode Island Works benefit recipients is on the rise, the R.I. Department of Human...

Public in the middle on merger dispute

Government 04/12/2019

Updated at 9:41 a.m., April 12 The state hasn’t even begun its formal review of the proposed merger between Care New England Health System and...

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