The mayor is awaiting a PCR test to confirm the results.
Jeremy Bernfeld
Jeremy leads the investigations desk at The Public’s Radio, helping the newsroom publish more investigative and accountability journalism that matters to Rhode Island and the Southcoast.
Prior to joining The Public’s Radio, Jeremy was the director of collaborative reporting at WAMU in Washington, D.C., and founder of Guns & America, an award-winning national reporting project covering the role of guns in American life. He was also editor of Harvest Public Media, a collaborative project covering our food system based in Kansas City.
A native New Englander, Jeremy currently lives in Providence, where he spends his time chasing after his wife, daughter and dog, and occasionally riding his bike.
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Rhode Island man pleads no contest to voter fraud charges
One of three men charged in January with illegally voting in both Rhode Island and another state in the 2020 election opted not to fight the charges, pleading no contest on Monday to two counts of mail ballot fraud in Rhode Island. Under the plea agreement Robert E. Nickerson, 80, agrees to not contest the […]
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Lifespan president and CEO to step down
Dr. Timothy J. Babineau will leave just months after Rhode Island’s attorney general rejected the hospital system’s merger attempt.
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Stuck in the snow: Lax enforcement of snow removal laws leaves Rhode Islanders with disabilities at risk
Cities mandate residents and businesses keep sidewalks clear of snow. But in the state’s most populous cities, those laws are rarely enforced.
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Testing For CMS Trick
Rhode Island Rep. Jim Langevin does not plan to run for reelection to the seat he has held for more than two decades, he said Tuesday, scrambling the state’s political landscape just weeks into an election year. Adding A New Subhead Adding this text! Calling his political career “the privilege of a lifetime,” the fifty-seven […]
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Eleanor Slater ineligible for millions in federal funding for months
State officials say the hospital houses too many psychiatric patients to be eligible for Medicaid reimbursement.
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Rep. Jim Langevin won’t seek re-election
The Democrat was first elected to the U.S. House in 2000.
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Rhode Island Has A New Plan To Fix Billing Issues At Eleanor Slater Hospital
State officials announced plans to re-license part of Eleanor Slater Hospital as a state psychiatric facility for patients ordered by a court into treatment.
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Red Sox icon and Somerset native Jerry Remy dies at 68
The ‘RemDawg’ was the voice of summer across New England.
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Henri leaves thousands without power in Rhode Island: Latest updates
Nearly 36,000 National Grid customers still affected by power outages in Washington County, by far the most in the state. The outages are most widespread in Charlestown and Narragansett, where about 5,600 and 9,300 customers are affected in both towns, respectively.
