The Providence Teachers Union overwhelmingly approved a new contract on Friday, ending a year-long battle between the district’s teachers and the state of Rhode Island, which has controlled Providence schools since 2019.
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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Top official overseeing Eleanor Slater Hospital placed on leave; another resigns
The chief financial officer of the agency that manages the troubled state-run Eleanor Slater Hospital has been placed on administrative leave, and the hospital’s chief medical officer is resigning at the end of July, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee’s office said Tuesday. Jennifer White, the CFO of the state Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities […]
