If you’ve made your way to the outskirts of downtown Providence lately, you may have noticed thousands of sunflowers growing on empty plots of land by…
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Whitehouse Latest NE Senator To Join Push For Single-Payer Health Care
Joining forces with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is the latest lawmaker to announce plans to co-sponsor legislation to…
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Environmentalists React To Regional Proposal To Cut Carbon Emissions
Local environmental groups are pleased with a new proposal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to reduce the amount of carbon emissions in New…
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TGIF: 20 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
Your humble correspondent never expected to be in the Statehouse for a budget vote in August . Then again, Rhody politics is full of surprises, right?…
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Mass. High Court Rules Local Authorities Can’t Detain People Solely On ICE Detainers
Massachusetts’ highest court ruled Monday that local law enforcement officials do not have the authority, under state law, to detain a person based…
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On RI Governor’s Desk: Voter Registration, Teacher Contracts, And Prescription Database Legislation
Not all legislation on Gov. Gina Raimondo’s desk received her signature. Here’s a brief rundown of what Raimondo vetoed, signed, or allowed to go into…
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Elmer Booze, The Man Behind The Piano At The Newport Music Festival
Behind every great pianist, is a page-turner. And at the Newport Music Festival – which turns 50 next year – that page-turner is Elmer Booze.
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Despite Clean Criminal Backgrounds, Two Immigrants In New England Face Deportation
Immigrants across the country are experiencing changes in the way the federal government enforces immigration law under the Trump administration. In New…
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Gov. Raimondo Says Government Won’t Shut Down Amid Budget Impasse
State government will not shut down, even as Rhode Island moves into a new fiscal year without a new budget. Lawmakers in Rhode Island’s House and…
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Analysis: Statehouse Frittata Leaves RI State Budget In Limbo
The conventional Rhode Island Statehouse wisdom was that the departure of Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed of Newport for a private sector job and her…