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As costs rise, Ashaway mother says her hope for financial stability is “being slowly taken away”

With rising costs hitting consumers everywhere from the gas pump to the grocery line, President Biden recently declared that fighting inflation is his top domestic priority. The impact of soaring expenses can be especially hard on people with tighter budgets and families to support. As part of a new series on inflation’s impact on Rhode Islanders, reporter Joe Tasca introduces us to a single mother from Ashaway who’s struggling to keep up with her bills and looking for a second job.

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