Students in Newtown, Connecticut will return to classes at Sandy Hook elementary next week. It’s the first time students have attended the school since…
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Following Justice Department Decision On Private Prisons, Central Falls’ Wyatt Center Responds
The corporation that runs a detention facility in Central Falls is responding to the announcement that the federal government plans to stop using some…
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Speaking Across Difference: When Friends Become Family
Adewole Akinbi was 14 years old when he started working for Heather Gaydos at an environmental education program he joined through Groundwork Providence…
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Former Refugee of Kosovo War Now Helping Syrian Refugees
Rilind Abazi was only a baby when he and his family fled Kosovo for Macedonia during his country’s war in the late ’90s. “We were received by a family…
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TGIF: 19 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
Enjoy the heat while you can, since we’ll be complaining about the cold in four months or so. Thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. As usual,…
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Bonus Q+A: Commerce Secretary Pryor On General Electric, The Ports, And More
The board of the state Commerce Corporation this week approved incentives to help two companies expand in Rhode Island. State Commerce Secretary Stefan…
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State Commerce Corporation To Consider GE Tax Incentives
The state Commerce Corporation is slated to meet Wednesday to consider incentives meant to secure General Electric jobs in Providence. Governor Gina…
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The Pulse: Scurvy Cropping Up In New England
Poverty often leads to a poor diet, and poor diets can lead to a host of health problems. Doctors in Springfield, Massachusetts, think they’ve…
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US Companies Replace Teflon Toxin With Chemical Cousin. Is It Safe?
A new kind of water contamination has shown up all over the U.S., including New England. This time it’s not lead, like in the Flint, Michigan water…
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Cumberland Investigates Source Of PFOA In Drinking Water
Cumberland, Rhode Island popped up on a list of cities and towns that have unsafe levels of the chemical perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA. It’s used to…
