Lawmakers will consider legislation today that would up the legal age to purchase cigarettes and other tobacco products. Rhode Islanders can currently…
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GOP Rep Wants Voters To Decide if PawSox Owners Can Use Public Financing for a Providence Ballpark
State Representative Patricia Morgan (R-West Warwick) says she plans to introduce a bill Wednesday that would allow voters to decide if the new owners…
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This I Believe Rhode Island: Inspiring Determination
Imagine what it must be like to live your life as a world renowned cardiologist, a celebrated medical scholar, and an international spokesperson for…
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Larry Eichler Leaving Elorza Administration
Larry Eichler, who has been the acting executive director of the Providence Talks education program, has left City Hall. Eichler confirmed his…
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Critical Senate Report Calls For Increased Oversight Of State DCYF
A Senate task force has come out with a troubling report on Rhode Island’s Department of Children Youth and Families – the agency that oversees child w…
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Public Offers Suggestions For Cutting Medicaid Costs
More than 75 Rhode Islanders packed a small meeting room at the Peacedale Public Library Monday, to share their suggestions for improving Medicaid while…
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Opening Date Set For First Massachusetts Gaming Facility
A slot parlor in Plainville Massachusetts is set to open on June 24th. Ocean state gaming facilities have been bracing for the competition for years….
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Bradley Scores Federal Funding To Train New Docs
A technicality in the law has meant that children’s psychiatric hospitals could not compete for graduate medical education funding from the federal…
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Retirees OK Pension Settlement; Deal’s Fate Still Unresolved
On a roughly 4-to-1 margin, retired state employees on Monday approved a settlement offer to resolve a court fight over the 2011 overhaul of the…
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Plans For Memorial Announced At 12th Annual Station Nightclub Remembrance
Some 150 people gathered at Warwick City Hall Sunday to remember those killed in the 2003Station Nightclub fire, and announce plans for a long-awaited…
