Brown University plans to demolish several historic houses on Providence’s College Hill to make way for a new arts center. RIPR political analyst Scott…
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Former ACI Inmate Finds Help For Opioid Addiction
Rhode Island State health officials say preliminary figures show drug overdose deaths declined in Rhode Island in 2017 for first time since the opioid…
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Bernice King, Daughter Of MLK, Offers Advice To Young Activists In RI
Bernice King, daughter of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. expanded on her late father’s philosophy at Providence College Thursday night. King…
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Raimondo Unveils $9.37B Budget For FY2019; No Broad-Based Tax Increases
A $9.37 billion budget unveiled Thursday by Gov. Gina Raimondo closes a $260 million deficit for the current and next fiscal year
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Bernice King To Speak At PC As Part of Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
Providence College will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy with a week-long series of events culminating in a speech by Bernice King, his daughter.
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Think Thursday’s Storm Was A Blizzard? Think Again.
Temperatures dropped low enough Sunday to break a long-standing record. It was 3 degrees below zero on Sunday, which broke a 106-year-old record of 1…
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For One Woman, A Complicated Desire To Preserve Racist Emblems
Monuments to the Confederacy have become sites of renewed controversy in recent months. But not all acts of confrontation and reconciliation occur in…
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Top 10 Stories Of 2017
We’re counting down the top 10 local news stories of 2017. Each day, we’ll post a new story. And we’ll reveal RIPR’s top story of 2017 on New Year’s Day.
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Preservationists At Odds With Brown Over Historic Buildings
Update 12/20: Providence’s City Plan Commission delayed a vote expected Tuesday, setting the next hearing for January 16 . There’s a dispute brewing…
