Both Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza and Rhode Island Housing Director Barbara Fields refused to leave their offices for a few minutes to listen to Christmas Carols from members of DARE’s …
A while back the Scituate Town Council hired attorney Michael Marcello to write “a pretty expensive report on the Providence Water Supply Board (PWSB),” said Scituate Town Council President John Mahoney …
Dear Mayor Elorza and City Council: As stakeholders in this community, we support Mayor Jorge Elorza’s decision to veto the Fane Tower. Last week, the Providence Journal Editorial Board published …
Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has filed petitions with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to combat stormwater pollution in Bailey’s Brook and North Easton Pond on Aquidneck Island and …
After the confirmation of attorney Charles Ruggerio to the Narraganset Bay Commission (NBC), the Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture began the “coincidental” hearing on Senate Bill 2803, which would …
A new analysis of law enforcement traffic stops found that a “total of 11.4 percent of motorists stopped were observed to be Black and 13 percent to be Hispanic. The …
The First Unitarian Church of Providence held a vote and decided to become a Sanctuary Church. They are currently the only church in Rhode Island known to be close to …
United States Senator Jack Reed (Democrat, Rhode Island) met with Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) officials to tour the East Side Bus Tunnel and discuss new federal funding to …
Rhode Island business leaders are feeling optimistic. Over 53 percent of Rhode Island’s business leaders think the United States economy will be in much better or somewhat better shape over …
We all know Rhode Island benefits from its proximity to Boston which provides our residents and businesses access to markets, jobs, entertainment, medical services, schools and more. But we are held …
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