State Sen. Jessica de la Cruz (R-North Smithfield) — who lagged dramatically behind former Cranston Mayor Allan Fung in fundraising on the Republican side of the Second Congressional District race — announced Wednesday that she is ending her campaign and will instead seek re-election to the State Senate. “While I was encouraged by the strong grassroots […]
Article
Posted inArticle, Health
Lifespan president and CEO to step down
Dr. Timothy J. Babineau will leave just months after Rhode Island’s attorney general rejected the hospital system’s merger attempt.
Posted inArticle, Politics
How a wildly uneven spread of campaign money is affecting Democratic candidates in RI’s CD2 race
As a large field of candidates competes for a rare open seat in Rhode Island’s Second Congressional District, sharp disparities in fundraising make for a lopsided playing field. Underfunded candidates face a big challenge — regardless of their merits
Posted inArticle, Environment
Climate change creating new options for fish lovers who want to “eat local”
Warming ocean temperatures are causing fish species to shift northwards. Species once common in the mid-Atlantic are becoming fixtures off the coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Reporters Sofie Rudin and Antonia Ayres-Brown look into what it’ll take to adapt to those changes.
Posted inArticle
AP source: CDC to extend travel mask requirement for 2 weeks
The Biden administration will extend for two weeks the nationwide mask requirement for public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was set to extend the order, which was to expire on April 18, by two weeks to monitor for any observable increase in severe virus outcomes as cases rise in parts of the country. The move was being made out of abundance of caution, according to a person familiar with the decision, speaking on the condition of anonymity to preview the CDC’s action. The administration had been hoping to roll out a more flexible masking strategy this week that would have replaced the nationwide requirement.
Posted inArticle
Smaller fish to fry: Rhode Island project hopes to boost interest in scup
For those who fish off the coast of New England, scup is commonplace. It’s a small fish that plays a modest role in the region’s commercial seafood industry, often used for bait or shipped whole to markets in New York and Boston. An industry research group is now leading an effort to popularize the sustainable fish more broadly, which it says could be a boon for Rhode Island fishermen.
Posted inArticle, Politics
‘Superman Building’ to be revitalized with 285 apartments
After squatting like a beautiful but bereft vestige from the Jazz Age for almost a decade, the Industrial Trust Building in Providence — better known as the “Superman Building” — will be revitalized with 285 residential apartments, state and city officials announced Tuesday. The announcement during a Statehouse news conference came exactly nine years after […]
Posted inArticle, Environment
Gas companies to pay R.I. $17 million in settlement
Several major oil and gas companies will pay Rhode Island more than $17 million, in a pair of settlements announced by the state attorney general’s office Monday. The lawsuit was filed in 2016 over the use of an additive, methyl tertiary-butyl ether or MTBE, that has the potential to cause cancer. The attorney general’s office […]
Posted inArticle, Health
Communities are divided over Rhode Island’s plan for safe drug injection sites
Representative Stephen M. Casey is an unlikely crusader for supervised drug injection sites. A Democrat from Woonsocket, R.I., he’s also a Catholic and self-described conservative. He’s against abortion rights. And he supports the Second Amendment right to own a gun. “So my first reaction was like no way,’’ Casey said. “As a rescue guy I’m […]
Posted inArticle, Education, Politics, South Coast Bureau
Referendum shows overwhelming support in Dartmouth for Indian logo
81 percent of voters support keeping the Dartmouth Indian as the high school’s logo.
