The two children who tested positive for coronavirus last week in Westerly have both recovered, Police Chief Shawn Lacey announced at a news conference Friday.
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Warren Faces Tough Decision After Poor Finish In Massachusetts Primary
In the aftermath of big wins by Joe Biden on Super Tuesday, The Public’s Radio political analyst Scott MacKay joins host Dave Fallon for a look at what’s next in the Democratic presidential race.
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First Case of Coronavirus Confirmed in Rhode Island
A man who traveled to Europe on a Saint Raphael Academy field trip has been diagnosed with the disease.
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First Case Of Coronavirus Confirmed In RI
A teenager who traveled to Italy on a high school school trip in mid-February became the second victim of coronavirus in Rhode Island, state health officials announced Sunday night. And a woman in her 30s, who was on the same trip, is being tested.
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Fenton-Fung Unveils GOP State Rep Challenge To Speaker Mattiello
GOP activist Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung announced Monday she’s challenging Democratic Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello for his state representative seat in Cranston. “Earlier today, my CF1 was officially filed at the Board of Elections,” Fenton-Fung said in a statement. “In response to a near tsunami of support in Cranston to end what has become […]
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Raimondo Pledges Support For Education, Job Training, Line-Item Veto & More
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo painted an upbeat economic assessment during her State of the State speech on Tuesday, vowing to create a dedicated funding stream for housing while investing more in job-training and education, and urging lawmakers to pass a line-item veto.
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No Answer For Now On Whether David Dooley Will Continue As URI’s President
Will David Dooley continue as the president of the University of Rhode Island, the state’s flagship public university? The answer is unclear for now, less than six months ahead of the July 1 expiration of Dooley’s current three-year contract. Under state regulations, Dooley was slated to make his intentions known by January 1. Tim DelGiudice, […]
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CT-Based Insurer Says It Will Stop Covering Some Fossil Fuel Businesses
A major U.S. insurer headquartered in Connecticut said it will cut ties with certain fossil fuel companies. The Hartford said in December that it will no longer invest in or provide insurance coverage to companies that generate more than a quarter of their revenues from coal mining or the extraction of oil from tar sands. […]
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Political Roundtable: The Top RI Political Stories Of 2019
The panel looks back at the top political stories from Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts for 2019.
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Meet Callan, An 8-Year Old Boy Spending His Second Christmas At The Hospital
Tomorrow is Christmas Day and many kids and their families will spend the holidays at the hospital. And whether they’ve been there for a few months or more than a year, most are trying to make the best of it.
