April showers bring …. May revenue estimates? Thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. As usual, your tips and comments are welcome, and you can follow me through the week on the twitters. Here we go. 1) Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza has a little less than four years left in his second term at […]
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RI Sports Betting Pulls In $1.03M In First Six Weeks
The first revenue numbers for legal sports betting in Rhode Island are just over a million dollars in the first six weeks. The state will get fifty-one percent of that, after operating expenses. Revenue estimates predicted the state making nearly 12 million dollars by this summer, so that’s a little low, if you’re looking at […]
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After A Week Without Heat, Newport’s Restaurant Scene Gets Back To Work
As of Monday, almost every single customer in Newport had gas restored. Some 7,000 lost heat and hot water.
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Fall River Pot Shop Draws Rhode Island Customers
Legal, recreational marijuana is on sale now in Fall River. And it may be a far cry from what you’d expect.
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Lawsuit Filed To Halt Providence Skyscraper Project
The Providence City Council, and a New York-based real estate developer are the subject of a lawsuit aimed at blocking a 46-story skyscraper proposal in the City. The Providence real estate group Peter Scotti and Associates and the nonprofit group Building Bridges Providence filed the suit in Superior Court Friday. Building Bridges is led by […]
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The Bubbler: Thanks For Your Votes! We Have A Winner
We’re now investigating your winning question for our next people-powered story.
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Rhode Island Becomes The First New England State With Legal Sports Betting
State leaders are hoping for a windfall as Rhode Island becomes the first state in New England with legal sports betting. Dozens were at Twin River Casino in Lincoln ready to place their bets on the first day of legal sports betting. Gaming makes up about a third of Rhode Island’s revenue, and analysts estimate […]
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Providence Street Art Pays Homage To Rhode Island’s First People
Providence is covered in art. Literally. The newest mural in the city celebrates the Narragansett Indian Tribe. The colorful, five story, painting shows a young Narragansett woman holding a photograph of Princess Redwing, a Narragansett activist and tribal leader who was born at the turn of twentieth century. Among other things, Princess Redwing founded the […]
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Commentary: Incumbents Dominate RI, MA Midterms
In the cobalt blue states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, it was a great election day for incumbents, almost all of them Democrats. The exception for Republicans was the expected and overwhelming victory of the moderate, anti-Donald Trump Gov. Charlie Baker. Liberal Democratic U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts and Sheldon Whitehouse in Rhode Island cruised […]
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MA, RI Election Results Pour In
Tuesday’s showers did not deter voters in Rhode Island and Massachusetts from heading out to the polls to cast their votes in the 2018 Midterm elections. As of 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Rhode Island Board of Elections reported 346,735 ballots were placed. U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat, retained his seat, beating out Republican challenger […]
