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SHIFTING GEARS: Brown University School of Public Health doctoral candidate Alison Weber says lawmakers in favor of extending Rhode Island’s paid family leave program from eight weeks to 12 should focus on expanding the definition of care from spouse and child to include grandchildren and siblings. 
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TCI program family leave extended, but can workers afford to use...

Employees in Rhode Island needing to care for a newborn or a seriously ill spouse or child will be getting more paid time off...

Bills proposed to appropriate $3M for vision education program at RIC

PROVIDENCE – Two state lawmakers have submitted legislation to appropriate $3 million to the Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program at Rhode Island...

ONE Neighborhood Builders breaks ground on East Providence affordable housing project

EAST PROVIDENCE – Officials in East Providence broke ground Monday on an affordable housing development project by ONE Neighborhood Builders, a city-based nonprofit devoted...

New bill introduced to protect seniors on Medicare

PROVIDENCE – A new bill introduced by a state lawmaker would protect seniors on Medicare, preventing them from being denied supplemental coverage or from...
LAWRENCE E. PURTILL will retire as president of the National Education Association of Rhode Island on Dec. 30. / COURTESY NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF RHODE ISLAND

NEA R.I. President Purtill to retire in December

CRANSTON – A longtime leader within Rhode Island’s largest labor union will call it a career at the end of the year. The National Education...
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