Tag: Louis P. DiPalma
R.I. task force preps for good, bad of AI spread
Businessman Christopher Parisi has watched the evolution of artificial intelligence, from being dismissed as science fiction to being incorporated into everyday life.
However, Parisi says...
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...
Building affordable housing units proving expensive
In May 2023, Gov. Daniel J. McKee and other state officials issued a press release touting a $101 million investment of State Fiscal Recovery...
Is transparency of open records legislation too taxing for R.I. officials?
An effort afoot to strengthen the state’s 45-year-old Access to Public Records Act has rekindled public debate over what the citizenry has a “right...
At DCYF, labor shortages creating big headaches
The state is struggling to hire and retain public employees, but the labor problems are particularly troubling at the R.I. Department of Children Youth...
E-911 service facing staffing shortage
PROVIDENCE – The state’s 911 emergency telephone service has not been spared from the lack of adequate staffing that has challenged government agencies statewide,...
Some R.I. officials say job vacancies a big part of projected...
The projected $610 million budget surplus awaiting the General Assembly and the administration of Gov. Daniel J. McKee has been the subject of speculation...
Pleas to fix R.I.’s ‘broken’ behavioral health system
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, treatment providers, advocates and lawmakers are calling for Rhode Island to confront its problems with access to...
Demand for dental care program growing, but funding isn’t
For more than 13 years, CareLink Inc. has traversed Rhode Island with a mobile dentistry practice, serving elderly, low-income patients in nursing homes who...
McKee narrows field for lt. gov. to 5
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Wednesday narrowed his finalist list for the position of lieutenant governor to five individuals.
About 80 people initially...
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