Tag: Tina Spears
Neronha proposes legislation to ease R.I.’s healthcare crisis
PROVIDENCE – Lowering prescription drug costs, ensuring the stability of Rhode Island hospitals and preventing the increasingly predatory practices of anti-competitive, market-dominating pharmacy benefit...
R.I. lawmakers weigh extended bar hours during World Cup
A bill that would permit restaurants and bars in Rhode Island to stay open later during select matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup...
As Smithfield moves to ban data centers, lawmakers debate how to...
There’s no concrete proposal yet for a data center in Smithfield.
But there is a ghost town.
A 2010 inventory of Smithfield’s historic sites described a settlement known...
State lawmakers form 9-member commission to study beach erosion
PROVIDENCE – A new committee is turning its attention toward the state’s beaches to find solutions for the beach erosion that has been plaguing...
COVID-19 vaccine clinic for the intellectually, developmentally disabled established at Kirkbrae...
LINCOLN – While most older individuals across Rhode Island are being prioritized in receiving the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccination at various locations,...
Five Questions With: Tina Spears
Tina Spears is the executive director for the Community Provider Network of Rhode Island, a Warwick-based organization that represents multiple providers of services and...
Raise helps some health workers
A 91-cent-an-hour pay increase for approximately 3,000 people who work directly with those with developmental disabilities in the state is welcomed, though more is...
Spears taking the reins at CPNRI
TINA SPEARS was recently named executive director of Community Provider Network of Rhode Island, an organization that supports more than 3,500 Rhode Islanders with...
Community Provider Network of R.I. hires executive director after national search
WARWICK – The Community Provider Network of Rhode Island has named Tina Spears as its executive director after conducting a national search.
The group, which...
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