Rhode Island’s unemployment rate ticked down again in May from 6.1 percent to 5.9 percent. The economy gained 3,400 jobs. The biggest gains came in…
Elisabeth Harrison
Elisabeth Harrison's journalism background includes everything from behind-the-scenes work with the CBS Evening News to freelance documentary production.
She joined the WRNI team in 2007 as a Morning Edition producer and freelance journalist. In 2009, she became a full-time reporter, and became the Morning Edition host in 2011. She was promoted to full-time News Director in June of 2015.
Harrison's education is as wide ranging as her work at Rhode Island Public Radio. She has a B.A. in English and French from Wellesley College, and a joint M.A. in Journalism and French Studies from NYU.
A native of Los Angeles, Harrison loves good food and good movies.
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Charter School Foes, Advocates Await Votes
A pair of bills that could make it harder to open more charter schools are again up for committee votes at the Statehouse. The House bill would place a…
Posted inArticle, Business, Education, Politics
Governor Names New Chairs For Education Committees
Governor Gina Raimondo has announced two businessmen to lead the State Council on Elementary and Secondary Education and the State Council on Post…
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RI’s Unofficial Interim Education Commissioner
With Education Commissioner Deborah Gist posting on Facebook that she has left her her job, who is in charge of the Rhode Island Department of Education…
Posted inArticle, Education
Warwick Terror Charges Explained
Warwick resident Nicholas Rovinski sits in a jail cell accused of conspiring to support the Islamic State in Iraq. Rhode Island Public Radio’s Dave…
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Rhode Islander Charged In Terror Plot
Warwick resident Nicholas Rovinski, who authorities say is also known as Nuh Amriki and Nuh al Andalusi, faces charges for conspiracy to provide…
Posted inArticle, Education, Politics
House Budget Slashes Funding For RIDE
The latest version of the state budget would cut nearly $1 million from the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, but most of…
Posted inArticle, Education
Is Play Making A Comeback?
As public schools work to raise test scores, many parents have commented that kids don’t get to play as much as they used to. The mid-morning recess has…
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Charter School ‘Hiatus’ Up For Consideration In House Committee
UPDATE: The charter school bills have been scratched from Thursday’s committee agendas, according to RIPR Political Reporter Ian Donnis at the…
Posted inArticle, Environment
Rhode Island’s Youth Population More Diverse Than Ever, Report Finds
Young children in Rhode Island are more ethnically diverse than ever before. That according to new data from Rhode Island Kids Count. Fewer than three…
