It’s Basketball Championship Week in the Big East, Atlantic 10 and Rhode Island Interscholastic League. Local favorites Providence College and the…
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Woonsocket Mayor Baldelli Hunt Fined By RI Ethics Commission
Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt has agreed to pay a $750 state ethics fine over the creation of a summer jobs program that hired her teenage son. `…
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HUD Audit: RI Should Repay $1.4 Million In Foreclosure Program Funds
Rhode Island housing officials are unable to justify how they spent some federal funds meant for low income housing. That’s one of the findings of a U.S…
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Education Commissioner Reflects On Tenure In Rhode Island
Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist is about to step down to become superintendent of Tulsa Public Schools. Before she leaves, she…
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Business Leaders React Coolly To Raimondo’s Mininum Wage Proposal
Business leaders are expressing concerns about Governor Gina Raimondo’s proposal to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, effective in 2016….
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RISD Musuem Gets $2.5M Gift From Rockefeller Family
The RISD museum has received a $2.5 million gift from the Rockefeller family. The money will go to support the museum’s decorative arts department. The…
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Superior Court Judge Hurst Sanctions Lawyer Keven McKenna
Keven A. McKenna, the former state representative, Providence Municipal Court judge and unsuccessful mayoral candidate in the capital city, is in…
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Experts To Brief Lawmakers On Hep C In RI; Cost Of Treatment Likely To Come Up During Budget Talks
Experts on hepatitis C will present to lawmakers next Tuesday about the disease and how to prevent its spread in the Ocean State. Their presentation…
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Raimondo Calls On General Assembly To Hike Minimum Wage To $10.10
During an appearance Monday at United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 328, Governor Gina Raimondo called on the General Assembly to raise Rhode…
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Pension Could Be On The Chopping Block For Former Lawmaker Martineau
The state Retirement Board is slated Wednesday to consider revoking a pension for a former legislative leader convicted of corruption. Gerard Martineau…