With a worsening shortage of primary care providers, Rhode Island’s most vulnerable communities are struggling to get basic care – and losing trust in the American medical system. Also, noise pollution from things like traffic or leaf blowers can be bad enough, but imagine hearing gunshots for hours on end. We hear about a Cranston neighborhood’s fight to silence a nearby police shooting range. And one of the reporters on our series about migrant teens working in seafood processing plants shares some of the responses she got at a recent community listening session. Plus, a conversation about the role of seaweed in New England life, and the ways it’s been immortalized in art. That and more on this week’s episode.
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Neronha expresses heightened concern about two under-funded RI hospitals
In a newly unsealed Superior Court lawsuit against Prospect Medical Holdings, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said Prospect is violating a number of conditions from his 2021 decision and he said his concern about Prospect’s two Rhode Island hospitals “is greater than it has ever been.” Prospect owns CharterCARE Health Partners, owner of Roger […]
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Doctor, staffing shortages strain Rhode Island community health centers
Rhode Island community health centers and their patients are feeling the effects of nationwide health workforce shortages, raising concerns about access to primary care
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Marc Crisafulli on what’s next in the I-195 District, RI’s development climate, and the ubiquity of gambling
Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee named Marc Crisafulli as chairman of the I-195 District Redevelopment Commission last January. The thinking was that a seasoned lawyer and business executive like Crisafulli could help nudge forward development in the acres once covered by Interstate 195. The process has been unfolding for more than a decade and it remains a work in progress.
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Providence city councilor wants to save three historic College Hill homes from demolition
City Councilor John Goncalves says that, while contractors are legally allowed to demolish the buildings, residents deserve to know more about plans for the site before that happens.
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Centurion Foundation files revised application for under-funded R.I. hospitals
The owner of CharterCARE, California-based Prospect Medical Holdings, has been under-funding two Rhode Island hospitals – a situation that led the Attorney General’s office and the Health Department to pursue separate, disconnected regulatory actions last week.
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Brown University faculty push for charges against student protesters to be dropped
Twenty Jewish students at Brown University face up to a year in jail following their arrest in a protest last Wednesday against their administration’s stance on Israel. Now, their professors want the university to ask for charges against the students to be dismissed.
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Nov. 10, 2023
Rhode Island delivers with another mega-news week. You can follow me through the week on threads and what we used to call the twitters. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Just sign up right here *** STORY OF THE WEEK: At the ripe old age of 35, […]
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Political Roundtable: Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies on RI’s economy, how to reduce poverty, and the next General Assembly session
In this week’s episode of Political Roundtable, Ian Donnis goes in depth with the executive director of the Economic Progress Institute, Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies.
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RI Health Department, AG Neronha clash on regulating Prospect Medical Holdings
With the fate of two safety-net hospitals in Rhode Island hanging in the balance, two separate departments of state government have launched separate, disconnected regulatory actions against Prospect Medical Holdings, the controversial California-based owner of the hospitals.
