Tag: R.I. General Assembly
New R.I. food bank status report shows food insecurity has worsened
PROVIDENCE – With the COVID-19 pandemic fading in the rearview mirror, there was a belief that food insecurity would decrease with people returning to...
Five Questions With: Steven Feinberg
Steven Feinberg | Executive director, R.I. Film and Television Office
1. How has the writers strike affected film production in Rhode Island? The...
Preservation Society of Newport County names Shekarchi, Ruggerio preservation champions
NEWPORT – House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, D-Warwick, and Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, D-North Providence, were recently named the 2023 Preservation Champions of...
RICAS results show educational improvement, but more work needed
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education on Wednesday released its latest Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System exam results, which show year-to-year improved student...
RIPEC awarded for tax proposal
JUSTINE OLIVA is the manager of research for the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, which recently received an award for outstanding policy achievement from...
Construction on new Central Falls High School slated to start in...
CENTRAL FALLS – The city’s high school, the oldest in Rhode Island, has been showing its age for many years.
Mayor Maria Rivera, who graduated...
New R.I. law will require no-cost coverage for epinephrine injectors
STATEHOUSE – A new law will require health insurers in Rhode Island to cover the full cost of life-saving epinephrine injectors, commonly known by...
Obamacare consumer protections enacted in state law
PROVIDENCE – State lawmakers have taken steps to enact many of the consumer protections of the federal Affordable Care Act in state law, in...
RIC to offer Hope Scholarship this fall
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College’s new state-funded pilot scholarship program will launch this fall.
The state college announced Friday that the Hope Scholarship, first introduced...
Key House panel OKs $14B budget plan that drops proposed sales...
PROVIDENCE – The House Finance Committee on Friday quickly approved a record $14 billion state budget for next fiscal year that includes millions of...
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