Bill Malinowski, a highly respected Providence Journal investigative reporter, has died at age 57 after being stricken with ALS, commonly known as Lou…
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Democratic Fundraiser And Party Leader Mark Weiner Passes Away At 62
Update: Bill Clinton and Rev. Jesse Jackson to attend Weiner funeral Tuesday at Temple Beth-El in Providence at 11 a.m. Mark Weiner of East Greenwich,…
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Richard C. “Dick” Lee, 1930-2016
If you played high-school baseball in Rhode Island from the 1950s to the early 2000s, Dick Lee probably umpired one of your games. If you ran cross…
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Providence Starts Up Midnight Basketball League, Partnering With State Police
Providence brought back its midnight basketball league Thursday evening. More than 50 teams are expected to participate, along with members of the state…
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Bob Kerr: Retiring, After Decades Of Service To Rhode Island’s Poor
Henry Shelton, the longtime leader of the George Wiley Center in Pawtucket, has championed the rights of Rhode Island’s poor and the working class…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: College Commencement Season And Student Debt
It’s college graduation season, a time of family and school pride. But RIPR Political Analyst Scott MacKay points out why this year’s grads also face some anxiety. ‘Tis the time of Lilacs, caps and gowns and the symphony of morning birdsong spilling though the bedroom window. Proud parents mingle with bored siblings taking selfies of platitude-filled […]
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Scott MacKay Commentary: Time To Clean Up Statehouse Grant System
Another week of turmoil in Rhode Island over government grants to non-profit groups.
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No. 1/2 Yale At No. 4/5 Brown Could Be A Lacrosse Classic
On the college sports calendar in New England, spring feels like 3 o’clock in the morning, when all is quiet, when nothing much happens. Spring is the…
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RI Unemployment Rate Holds Steady at 5.4 Percent
Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged from February to March at 5.4 percent, according to the state Department of Labor and…
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Forget Opening Day; How About Those Closing Nights?
Forget about Opening Day of the baseball season this week. How about Closing Nights of the college basketball season? If you did not stay up to watch…