Seventeen Brown University students in the eighth day of a hunger strike broke their fast on Friday after coming face-to-face with the board members who have been the targets of their protest campaign. The students on hunger strike, along with hundreds of others, have been asking the Brown University Corporation Board of Fellows and Trustees, […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Feb. 9. 2024
While some savor the ads during the Super Bowl, and others the action on the field, I’m mostly there for the nachos. You can follow me through the week on threads and what we used to call the twitters. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Just sign up right here *** STORY […]
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RI Senate Majority Leader Ryan Pearson on Washington Bridge, McKee’s budget, RIPTA and more
Legislative Oversight committees plan to hold a joint hearing Monday to examine the crisis involving the Washington Bridge. For now, motorists continue to wrestle with congested traffic at peak times and the ripple effect sometimes extends beyond Interstate 195 into the streets of Providence, East Providence and other communities. If the westbound Washington Bridge needs […]
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Why do lawmakers want to update the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act?
A Republican state representative introduced a bill this week that would change the public records law. Two Democrats plan to unveil their version later today [Thursday 2/8/24]. The Public’s Radio afternoon host Dave Fallon spoke with Justin Silverman, executive director of the New England First Amendment Coalition, who consulted on the bill backed by Democrats. […]
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What can other towns learn from Burrillville’s affordable housing success story?
When the Woonsocket-based non-profit NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley began redeveloping the Clocktower building in Burrillville, the old wool-weaving mill was far from move-in ready. Vegetation on the property had grown wild, once-expansive exterior windows were filled in with cinder blocks, and the inside was being used to store car parts. “These mills had seen their […]
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Hunky Dory closes after more than 2 years of serving Southern-inspired food – and cultivating a folk music community
Less than three years after opening, and just months after being featured in The New York Times, Hunky Dory in Warren has closed. The restaurant was known for its unique approach to local, seasonal, Southern-inspired food – but it was also home to a community of folk musicians. Every month on the first and third Wednesdays, […]
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Attorney General Peter Neronha deems public media merger agreement complete
Now that the merger application is considered complete, Neronha says his office has 180 days to review the transaction and decide whether to approve it. The Federal Communications Commission has already signed off. The Public’s Radio and Rhode Island PBS announced plans in November to join forces, with the idea of building a stronger public media organization […]
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Brown Board won’t vote on divestment amid student hunger strike
Nineteen students at Brown University were joined by dozens of supporters at a rally on the school’s main campus green on Monday, during their fourth day of a hunger strike meant to put pressure on the university to divest from “companies which profit from human rights abuses in Palestine.” The rally comes after Brown University’s […]
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Jury finds Fall River cop guilty of covering up police station beating
Nicholas M. Hoar will return to Boston’s federal court in April to be sentenced.
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Black Lives Matter RI PAC President Harrison Tuttle on police accountability, Washington Bridge, and equity in cannabis
Conservative activists and academics in some states are attacking efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. Here in Rhode Island, the Providence City Council and General Assembly reflect the makeup of the state much more so than they did 15 years ago. And the two largest police departments here, Providence police and the State Police, […]