It’s been 23 years since Belly — the alt-rock band, not the rapper — released a new album. The group shot up the charts in ’93 and was in heavy rotation…
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RI Seafood Company: New MA Offshore Wind Farm Could Jeopardize Squid Fishery
Members of the commercial fishing community are worried a proposed utility-scale offshore wind farm in Massachusetts could impact Rhode Island’s…
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RI Offshore Wind Announcement Surprises Many, But Gov. Denies Lack Of Transparency
A recent announcement that Rhode Island plans to work with Deepwater Wind, developers of the Block Island Wind Farm, on a new larger-scale offshore wind…
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RI, MA Announce Selection Of Nation’s Largest Offshore Wind Energy Projects
Deepwater Wind and Vineyard Wind, clean energy developers based in southern New England, were selected to build large-scale wind farms in federal waters…
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New Report: New Bedford Shows Promise For Growth In Aquaculture
New Bedford is hoping to become the go-to location in the South Coast for aquaculture.
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TGIF: 22 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
The May Revenue Estimating Conference is in the books, signaling the beginning of the end of the legislative session, and all the excitement that comes…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: Are Some Businesses Freeloading On Medicaid?
Health care costs for poor residents keep increasing in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay wonders if one of these…
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TGIF: 20 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
It might be spring, it might feel like summer, but the signals of an intensifying election season are increasingly evident. So thanks for stopping by…
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Scott MacKay Remembers Vermont’s Phil Hoff
Philip Henderson Hoff, the New Frontiersman whose three terms as Vermont ‘s first modern Democratic governor in the 1960s laid the foundation for…
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Possibly: The Future Of Food (Pilot Episode)
This is Possibly , a new partnership between Rhode Island Public Radio and Brown University. You’ve heard it all before: humans are destroying the…
