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Lawmakers Renew Push To Extend Driver’s Licenses To Undocumented Workers
Advocates are renewing a push to legalize driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. The fate of the legislation remains unclear at this point. Two…
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The Environment In The Governor’s Budget
Gov. Gina Raimondo’s proposed budget devotes about 1.1 percent of all state spending to the state’s two major environmental agencies: the Department of …
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Storm Tapers Off, Power Restored To Most Rhode Island Customers
Snow fell across Rhode Island Monday, just days after Friday’s storm, which knocked out power to thousands of National Grid customers. The National…
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Politics Was Buddy’s Sport, But He Led Cheers For Others
Buddy Cianci, the longest serving mayor in the history of Providence, 21 years, and one of the most colorful and controversial politicians in the histor…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: Tuesday’s New Hampshire Primary
The moment of truth in the presidential primary campaign comes tomorrow as voters in New Hampshire head to polls for the New Hampshire primary. RIPR po…
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Snow Storm Comes To Gentle End, Thousands Still Without Power
Updated at 5:00 pm More than 36,000 Rhode Island customers were without power as of this afternoon. Some 200 individual outages are spread across the st…
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This I Believe Rhode Island: Kindness
Too often, it seems kindness in our world is in short supply. Politicians take vicious swipes at each other during election season. Talk-show callers…
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Lawmakers Begin Reviewing Revised Truck-Toll Plan
The debate over Governor Gina Raimondo’s proposal to use truck tolls to pay for fixing Rhode Island’s troubled bridges resumed in the Senate Finance…
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Bill Reynolds New Book About Basketball And The Shame of Inner City Schools
Billy Reynolds, the longtime Providence Journal columnist who is one of the nation’s very best basketball writers, has written a remarkable new book en…
