It’s illegal for stores in the city of East Providence to sell cats and dogs. A federal district judge has upheld a city ordinance banning the sale of…
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Lifespan Debuts Single Electronic Health Records System
Rhode Island’s largest health care system, Lifespan, has just thrown the switch on a new electronic medical records system. Now there’s a single record…
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Advocates Call for More Openness in Magistrate-Selection Process
A good government group is supporting a bill that would bring more transparency to the process of selecting magistrates. Magistrates perform many of the…
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New Program At Rhode Island Hospital Trains Docs To Deal With Addiction Epidemic
Doctors who want more experience treating addiction can apply for a new training program at Rhode Island Hospital. The hospital has just won…
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Brown University Student Dead In Apparent Suicide
A Brown University graduate student is dead after an apparent suicide. South Korean Hyoun Ju Sohn was a first year doctoral student in the Brown Physics…
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RI Supreme Court To Ride The Circuit To Rhode Island College
The Rhode Island Supreme Court is heading out of the courthouse Thursday, to hear cases at Rhode Island College. Court spokesman Craig Berke said the…
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RI’s Religious Freedom Law Draws Little Criticism Despite Similarities To Indiana
Rhode Island has a religious freedom law that bears some similarity to an Indiana proposal, that is now raising controversy around the country. Rhode…
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Atlantic Ocean Currents Slowing Down Due To Climate Change
The average global temperature has gone up over the last century due to the phenomenon known as global warming. But one region in the north Atlantic has…
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This I Believe Rhode Island: Still Winter
Nature can teach us so much about our world, about its glory and its anguish. In nature we find so many lessons about hardiness, resilience, triumph and…
