Ahead of Halloween, California banned a dye found in candy corn and myriad other products. 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 […]
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RI AFL-CIO’s Pat Crowley on organized labor’s current moment, meager progress on schools, and what to do about income inequality
One familiar face in Rhode Island’s labor movement, Pat Crowley of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, is poised to take over the leadership of that union. So can labor maintain its local relevance?
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Advocates say RIDEM’s new environmental justice policy has been a long time coming
Black and brown people in Rhode Island are being exposed to more harmful pollutants than their white peers. RIDEM says it wants to address that.
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UMass Dartmouth payments to Star Store developer under review by Inspector General
Two years after a lease-to-own agreement expired, the university continued paying the Star Store’s private owner, Paul Downey, a monthly rent of nearly $160,000. State Sen. Mark Montigny, who passed legislation triggering the review, said Downey collected that money without making any “discernible improvements to the building,” leaving a maintenance backlog that could imperil any hopes of the university returning to its downtown arts campus.
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The Public’s Voice: Live discussion on politics, partisanship, and the 2024 election
The Public’s Radio Political Reporter Ian Donnis leads a forum discussion with panelists Corey Lang Brettschneider, writer and professor of politics and constitutional law at Brown; State Sen. Jessica de la Cruz of North Smithfield; and State Rep. Katherine Kazarian.
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Oct. 13, 2023
Word of the Day: triskaidekaphobia, or fear of the number 13. You can follow me through the week on 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: In 1997, when Jack Reed […]
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Political Roundtable: U.S. Sen. Jack Reed on Israel at war, disarray in the House, and Gina Raimondo’s political future
Jack Reed’s first term in the U.S. Senate coincided with the so-called “vacation from history.” That was the period between the end of the Cold War and 9/11, a time marked by a lack of conflict on the world stage. Now, things are very different. The state of war between Hamas and Israel raises concerns […]
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Local Jewish organization offers comfort to Rhode Island community and raises money for those in Israel affected by war
The nonprofit Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island today launched a fundraiser to provide humanitarian support to those in Israel affected by the conflict in the Middle East.
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‘Nothing will stick in the end’: Attorney General Peter Neronha ready to fight challenges to RI’s shoreline access law
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha will take the lead on defending the state’s new shoreline access law in the months, and possibly years, to come. Neronha has taken an interest in the broader shoreline access issue and is now involved in two other closely-watched beach access cases in Westerly.
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What’s missing in the effort to encourage Spanish-speaking Rhode Islanders to get vaccinated against COVID-19?
Rhode Island’s Spanish-speaking communities need trusted sources of health information in their own language. That’s what long-time public health advocate Dr. Pablo Rodriguez is attempting to provide.
