Mental health challenges among students are increasing, notes survey
October 12, 2022

Mental health challenges among students are increasing, notes survey

Department of Health Survey measures self-reported behaviors or difficulties that may endanger a student’s physical and mental...

Important facts on monkeypox
September 2, 2022

Important facts on monkeypox

With the rise in monkeypox cases around the nation and the White House’s declaration of a public...

Important lead pipe replacement bill may not pass the General Assembly this session
June 22, 2022

Important lead pipe replacement bill may not pass the General Assembly this session

“If you can’t count on a glass of clean, safe drinking water, you’re not free. And you’re...

Buy Nothing Coat Exchange is back!
November 26, 2021

Buy Nothing Coat Exchange is back!

“We were trying, as we always do, to over prepare,” said said Becka Carroll, an organizer with...

State House holds first meeting of a Commission on Sex Work
November 16, 2021

State House holds first meeting of a Commission on Sex Work

“For public testimony it’s very important that we get comfortable with talking about the issues in our...

Race, politics and Covid collide at Barrington Zoning Board of Review
October 19, 2021

Race, politics and Covid collide at Barrington Zoning Board of Review

“To be honest with you, and we’ve had discussions about this – I’m not happy about going...

2021 Housing Fact Book looks at the relationship of housing and health
October 16, 2021

2021 Housing Fact Book looks at the relationship of housing and health

“In Rhode Island, the primary driver of the health risks posed by the state’s housing is the...

AG Neronha: “Lifespan and CNE erred, and significantly so” in vaccinating some board members
March 23, 2021

AG Neronha: “Lifespan and CNE erred, and significantly so” in vaccinating some board members

“Lifespan and CNE should have acted differently,” says AG Neronha. Adding that, though the hospitals did not...

A statement from the Decarcerate NOW Coalition, in response to DOC Director Coyne Fague
December 21, 2020

A statement from the Decarcerate NOW Coalition, in response to DOC Director Coyne Fague

“Raimondo, Coyne-Fague, Neronha, Alexander-Scott: do you understand that the lives of incarcerated people matter?”...

Car Rally outside Raimondo press conference demands an immediate response to prison Covid outbreak
June 15, 2021

Car Rally outside Raimondo press conference demands an immediate response to prison Covid outbreak

“808 incarcerated people are infected with Covid at the ACI and the number is growing. For nine...

Nursing home resident and caregiver COVID-19 deaths surpassed 1,000 this week
December 17, 2020

Nursing home resident and caregiver COVID-19 deaths surpassed 1,000 this week

“Every day nursing home residents and frontline heroes are dying from COVID-19 yet the industry continues to...

Rhode Island to stay the course on prison Covid outbreak
December 11, 2020

Rhode Island to stay the course on prison Covid outbreak

“…our focus is to support the Department of Corrections’ leadership, help ensure that there isn’t any increase...

OpEd: DARE speaks out on COVID Crisis at the ACI
December 16, 2020

OpEd: DARE speaks out on COVID Crisis at the ACI

“It is clear that the denial of even the few comforts available to our loved ones was...

Public Defender petitions RI Supreme Court to end cash bail amid ACI Covid spike
December 2, 2020

Public Defender petitions RI Supreme Court to end cash bail amid ACI Covid spike

Dr Jennifer Clarke, the now former medical programs director at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, added...

Teacher unions call for a statewide pause to K-12 in-person learning
November 16, 2020

Teacher unions call for a statewide pause to K-12 in-person learning

The Ocean State is amid an alarming rise in community spread of COVID-19. Viral caseloads coupled with...

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