Breaking down the ballot: Should Rhode Islanders support capital improvements at URI and RIC?
On Nov. 5, Rhode Island voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on five statewide ballot questions. In the weeks leading up to Election Day, we’ll be covering each of those questions in-depth. Today, we focus on question two, which asks voters to approve a $160.5 million bond that would go towards capital improvements at two of the state’s higher education facilities.
Brown votes against divestment from companies with ties to Israel
A university committee found that the school had no direct investments in the companies identified by pro-Palestinian student activists.
Child labor law violations in Fall River, behind the failed Star Store-UMass Dartmouth deal, and more
Also on this week’s show: A look back on the week in politics, a studio session with the Leland Baker Trio, and our picks for what to do this week.
Investigation unravels how New Bedford lost its downtown arts college
A new report by Massachusetts’ Inspector General found UMass Dartmouth’s Star Store campus was developed through a “sham” procurement that awarded a lucrative lease to a developer chosen in advance. Conflicts over how to manage the property led to its closure two decades later.
Remembering Alan Shawn Feinstein, Woonsocket homeowners regain protections, and more
Also on this week’s show: a look back on the week in Rhode Island politics with political reporter Ian Donnis, and our picks for what to do this week.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence hopes a clubhouse renovation will help them better serve children in the city’s North End
After almost 100 years in the same building, the organization wants to expand its space to offer new programs like career and workforce development. Nicole Dufresne, the club’s CEO, discussed the project with Morning Host Luis Hernandez.
A new report says some New Bedford schools are segregated. What can we learn from the city’s desegregation efforts of the 1970s and 80s?
Ten district and charter schools in New Bedford have been designated as segregated in a new report from the state education department. Morning host Luis Hernandez talks with Professor Charles Glenn, a former Massachusetts state official who helped oversee desegregation efforts in New Bedford and throughout the state between 1970 and 1991.
Brown reaches agreement to resolve complaint alleging antisemitism
A federal civil rights watchdog said the university failed to robustly respond to discrimination complaints.
Providence Mayor Smiley to education critics: we made ‘as much progress as we can afford to make this year’
A year and a half into the job, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley continues to grapple with two of the city’s most persistent problems: a struggling school system and a worsening housing shortage. The newest budget includes an increase in education spending, but educational leaders, including the superintendent and education commissioner, say it’s just not enough. And advocates for the unhoused population have been critical of his homeless encampment removal policy.
Mayor Smiley on his plan for struggling Providence schools, a fight over shoreline access heats up in Weekapaug, and more
Also: The week in Rhode Island politics, an encore of our studio session with hot jazz band Paper Moon, and our picks for what to do this week.
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