The May Revenue Estimating Conference is in the books, signaling the beginning of the end of the legislative session, and all the excitement that comes…
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RI Gov. Proposes Electric Buses For RIPTA With Volkswagen Settlement
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo wants to spend $10 million to add emission-free buses to the state’s public transit authority.
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Providence College Professor Investigates Slavery And Banking
What happens when people can be mortgaged like property? Sharon Ann Murphy, professor of history at Providence College, has received an American Council…
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This I Believe Rhode Island: Mentoring
Today we feature two Rhode Islanders whose paths crossed by happenstance years ago and who have forged a remarkable relationship. Rommy Morel spent his…
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Zurier Announces Decision Not To Seek Re-Election to Providence City Council
Ward 2 Providence City Councilor Sam Zurier used his weekly note to constituents to announce he won’t be seeking re-election this year. Zurier, who was…
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TGIF: 20 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
It might be spring, it might feel like summer, but the signals of an intensifying election season are increasingly evident. So thanks for stopping by…
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Proposal To Arm Campus Police Stalls Following Pushback
The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to hold a bill to require armed campus police at Rhode Island’s public colleges for further study.
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GOP Gov Candidate Morgan Unveils Her ‘Blueprint’ For Improving Rhode Island
A plan unveiled Tuesday by Rhode Island GOP gubernatorial candidate Patricia Morgan would scrap truck tolls, reduce taxes, add three Quonset-style…
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URI Already Has Armed Police, Could RIC And CCRI Be Next?
On Wednesday lawmakers will consider arming campus police at Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island. The University of Rhode…
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Scott MacKay Remembers Vermont’s Phil Hoff
Philip Henderson Hoff, the New Frontiersman whose three terms as Vermont ‘s first modern Democratic governor in the 1960s laid the foundation for…