For workers and unions, there hasn’t been much to celebrate on Labor Day in recent years. RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay says things may finally…
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Children In Crisis: Home Visiting Aims To Prevent Child Abuse And Neglect
For the past week, we’ve been focusing on “Children in Crisis,” our series about Rhode Island’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families. The agency…
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EPA Awards Rhode Island More Than $1M For Brownfields Cleanup
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Rhode Island five grants totaling more than a million dollars to clean up contaminated properties across…
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Raimondo Calls For Plan To Fight Overdose Deaths
Governor Gina Raimondo has reinstated a task force charged with preventing drug overdose deaths. And she’s asking them for a plan to within 90 days.
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Montanaro: Eleanor Slater Needs New Leaders, New Facilities
When Maria Montanaro took the reins of the state department of Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals, she inherited an agency…
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This I Believe Rhode Island: Nurturing
How often do you notice how we’re surrounded by nurture?
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Medicare To Pay Doctors To Talk End-Of-Life Wishes
Medicare has proposed a new rule that would allow doctors to bill for end-of-life conversations with patients. It’s part of Care New England nurse…
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Nurses Threaten Strike; RI Hospital Dismisses Unfair Wage Claims
The contract for more than two thousand union nurses and technicians at Rhode Island Hospital has been extended through the end of July while the two…
