Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin is urging the U.S. Interior Department to terminate a plan that would allow oil and gas drilling off the…
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TGIF: 22 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
Chapel Grille is the place to be, right? The Cranston restaurant has emerged as a hot spot for political parlays, with uncertain fallout moving forward….
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Scott MacKay Commentary: Whither the Democratic Party in 2018?
Democrats from Washington, D.C. to New England and beyond are hopeful about their electoral chances in this year’s midterms. But RIPR political analyst…
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Kate Bramson Leaving ProJo To Become RI Senate Policy Director
Kate Bramson, the industrious and wide-ranging business and economic-development reporter for The Providence Journal, is leaving the newspaper. Bramson…
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RI Gov. Proposes $48.5M Environmental Bond
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2019 includes a large environmental bond worth $48.5 million to fund land and water…
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Care New England-Partners Health Care Deal Moving Forward
Care New England Health System announced Thursday it is moving ahead with its planned sale to Massachusetts-based Partners Health Care.
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For Undocumented Workers On Vermont Farms, 2017 Was A Year Filled With Anxiety
An escalation in immigration enforcement over the past year has brought a new level of anxiety for the several thousand migrant farm workers living in…
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RI Gov. Raimondo Says ‘Not On Our Watch’ To Federal Offshore Drilling Expansion
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has joined opposition to President Donald Trump’s plan to drill for oil and gas offshore in protected federal areas of…
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Raimondo Uses State Of the State Address To Tout Her Jobs Record
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo used her latest State of the State address to paint an upbeat picture of the Ocean State.
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RI Attorney General Speaks Out Against Proposed Burrillville Power Plant
Rhode Island’s Attorney General Peter Kilmartin has announced his opposition to a natural gas power plant that has been proposed for the Town of…
