Will R.I. Promise last after Raimondo leaves?

Cassius Shuman

02/05/2021

EARNING A SHOT: Talia Thibodeau, a standout basketball player in high school, worried how she would pay for college after she graduated but is working toward an associate degree tuition-free from the Community College of Rhode Island thanks to the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship program. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Talia Thibodeau faced an uncertain future as she prepared to graduate from Cranston High School West last June. Thibodeau, a standout basketball player, wanted to attend college but worried about how she and her family would pay for it. It was a meeting with the women’s basketball coach at the Community College of Rhode Island

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