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Trump crypto, Trump ballroom and Trump drones

by Wailin Wong

What do a Florida-based drone company, a crypto billionaire, and a European steelmaker have in common? Ties to President Trump. Since returning to office, the president, as well as his family and friends, have inked a number of business deals that raise questions about conflicts of interest. On today’s show, we scrutinize three of these deals.

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Posted inLocal, Politics

Rhode Island rejects Trump administration request for voter registration list

by Jeremy Bernfeld

Rhode Island Secretary of State Gregg Amore on Tuesday told the Trump Administration he wouldn’t provide the state’s full voter rolls, which include personally identifiable information. In a letter to an attorney in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights division, Amore said he would provide the DOJ with voter information that is already publicly available, but […]

Posted inEducation, Local, Metro Desk

DOJ sues Providence public schools over loan forgiveness for ‘educators of color’

by Jeremy Bernfeld

The U.S. Department of Justice accused Providence public schools and the Rhode Island Department of Education of “blatant race discrimination” in a lawsuit filed in federal court on Tuesday over a loan forgiveness program for teachers of color. The Providence Public School District’s “Educators of Color Loan Forgiveness Program” offered “teachers of color” up to […]

Posted inEconomy, Environment, Local

Rhode Island and Connecticut sue the Trump administration for halting Revolution Wind

by Ian Donnis

Rhode Island and Connecticut are suing the Trump administration in an attempt to restart work on the Revolution Wind project off the Atlantic coast. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha on Thursday announced that he and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong plan to file the suit in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island. Neronha said […]

Posted inArts And Culture, Local, Politics

How Trump’s executive order to end NPR and PBS funding could affect public media in Rhode Island

by Dave Fallon
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In an attack on public media that could reverberate from Washington to Rhode Island, President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday calling for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end funding to NPR and PBS. “Neither entity presents a fair, accurate or unbiased portrayal of current events to tax-paying citizens,” the order says. Because […]

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Refugee Dream Center pierde fondos y personal debido a las órdenes de inmigración de Trump

by Paul C. Kelly Campos

Click here to listen and read in English. Los inmigrantes y los grupos locales que los apoyan están sintiendo el impacto de la avalancha de órdenes ejecutivas del presidente Trump esta semana. El Refugee Dream Center en Providence dice que perdieron fondos federales casi inmediatamente y, como resultado, despidieron a algunos de sus miembros de […]

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