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Smithfield school superintendent placed on leave as hazing incident investigated

SMITHFIELD – The town’s school superintendent has been placed on administrative leave amid a legal investigation of an alleged hazing incident involving the high...
GOVERNMENT WORK: Prior to being deputy director of communications for the R.I. Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emily Martineau’s past government experience includes working for the R.I. Office of the Attorney General, R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. and the Providence Public School District.
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R.I. House speaker’s office’s Martineau had a lifelong destiny fulfilled

Business Women Awards 2025 INDUSTRY LEADER GOVERNMENT/QUASI-GOVERNMENT: Emily Martineau, R.I. Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives deputy director of communications GROWING UP...
WHAT’S IN STORE? A Sunshine Vape LLC location on Atwells Avenue in Providence. Owner Darin Tripoli says sales have declined 95% since Jan. 1, when a ban on flavored vape products went into effect in Rhode Island.
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Vape shops begin to fade with flavor ban in place

Cinnamon fireball was among the many flavors at White Horse Vapor that Eugene DiSarro tried when he decided to stop smoking cigarettes for good...

Prospect asks federal bankruptcy judge to expedite sale of Roger Williams,...

The owner of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital is forging ahead with the planned sale of its Rhode Island...
LEGAL ­MATTERS: ­Michael J. ­Yelnosky, professor at the Roger Williams University School of Law, says a lawsuit filed by a California attorney and his wife against the social equity provisions of the Rhode Island Cannabis Act has a chance of throwing a monkey wrench into the licensing process. 
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Lawsuit creates uncertainty in retail cannabis licensing

During the debate over legalizing recreational cannabis, progressives fought hard to reserve a portion of the lucrative market for communities they argued were disproportionately...
REDUCING THE HOOPS: Robert Brooks, managing partner at Adler, Pollock & Sheehan PC, is one of numerous attorneys who believe Rhode Island’s bar exam rules made it more difficult to attract experienced lawyers to firms here. 
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R.I. eases bar exam rules on out-of-state lawyers

David Wollin has read about several cases in which the Rhode Island Bar Association’s unique rules for out-of-state attorneys have tripped up experienced lawyers...

R.I. Superior Court judge sides with property owners in shoreline access...

The R.I. General Assembly overstepped its bounds in drawing a line in the sand on shoreline access, a Washington County Superior Court judge ruled. The...
HOLLY MCLAREN, seen here as part of a campaign video for Gov. Daniel J. McKee, has been charged by state law enforcement officials in connection with the fraudulent signatures submitted by the Sabina Matos congressional campaign last year. / SCREENSHOT VIA YOUTUBE.COM

Matos campaign worker McLaren charged amid fraudulent signature scandal

PROVIDENCE – Holly McLaren, a Providence woman who was at the center of the controversy surrounding fraudulent signatures submitted by the Sabina Matos campaign...

Under pressure from AG, Woonsocket looks to cut ties with liquid...

Fifteen months after Woonsocket wastewater treatment plant owners and operators were sued for dumping partially untreated sewage into the Blackstone River, city officials are...
NOT SOLD: Lynn Blais, a nurse at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence and president of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals, is skeptical of The Centurion Foundation Inc.’s acquisition plan. 
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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...
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