Invenergy, a power company that wants to build a natural gas-fired power plant in northwestern Rhode Island, has terminated its water supply agreement…
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Woods Hole Scientists Make Big Deep-Ocean Discovery
Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have discovered the largest volcanic eruption on record in the deep ocean.
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Raimondo Unveils $9.37B Budget For FY2019; No Broad-Based Tax Increases
A $9.37 billion budget unveiled Thursday by Gov. Gina Raimondo closes a $260 million deficit for the current and next fiscal year
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RI Gov. Raimondo Says ‘Not On Our Watch’ To Federal Offshore Drilling Expansion
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has joined opposition to President Donald Trump’s plan to drill for oil and gas offshore in protected federal areas of…
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RI Attorney General Speaks Out Against Proposed Burrillville Power Plant
Rhode Island’s Attorney General Peter Kilmartin has announced his opposition to a natural gas power plant that has been proposed for the Town of…
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TGIF: 20 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
Next week looms as a big table-setter for Rhody politics in 2018, with lots of storylines to follow. So thanks for stopping by. As usual your tips and…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: Trump Makes Mockery Of Martin Luther King Jr.
Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. day, the holiday devoted to one of our nation’s premier 20th century civil rights leaders. RIPR political analyst Scott…
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Major Flooding Hits MA South Shore During Snowstorm, But Why Not RI, South Coast?
Flooding during last week’s snowstorm was nowhere near as extreme in Rhode Island and the South Coast as it was in areas like Boston, Scituate and…
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Student Assaulted By Intruders Inside Providence High School
A student at Providence’s Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex was assaulted on Wednesday morning, after another student allowed intruders to enter the…
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It Was A Two-Family Dwelling, With More Than 20 Occupants. Then It Went Up In Flames
“No heat in house, no running water,” wrote an inspector after visiting the apartment building at 110 Bowdoin Street, in the Olneyville section of…
