Three years ago, the concrete cooling towers at the Brayton Point Power Plant crumbled to the ground in a controlled explosion that some considered a harbinger of America’s clean energy transition. Within seconds, the remains of what was once the Town of Somerset’s main employer and heaviest polluter became a pile of rubble. The demolition […]
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Rhode Island received 159 housing vouchers to tackle homelessness last year. 45 have been used
The federal pandemic response program provided billions of dollars nationwide to create housing vouchers meant to get unhoused people into permanent housing.
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Newport’s shortage of affordable housing for Hispanic and Latino workers could hurt local economy
As home prices skyrocket around Newport, many of the Hispanic and Latino workers who power the city’s economy are having trouble finding an affordable place to live.
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Hearings begin on proposed sale of Rhode Island electric and gas utility
Consumer advocates are raising concerns about potential rate increases for electricity and gas customers, if a proposal to sell Rhode Island’s largest utility is approved. Pennsylvania-based PPL Corporation is looking to buy the Narragansett Electric Company from National Grid for $5.3 billion. PPL would take on electric service for more than half a million Rhode […]
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Tres trabajos pero vivienda no hay: la lucha de un trabajador indocumentado para encontrar un apartamento en Newport.
Los precios de vivienda continúan subiendo en Newport y muchos trabajadores en el área están recibiendo notificaciones de desalojo.
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Three jobs, but no apartment: One undocumented worker’s struggle to find housing in Newport
As housing costs have skyrocketed around Newport, some local workers are facing eviction.
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Small businesses offered grants to boost vaccination rates in Fall River, New Bedford
A major health insurance company has announced it’s teaming up with a Boston civil rights group to deliver financial support to small businesses willing to encourage vaccination in Fall River and New Bedford, two coastal cities with persistently low vaccination rates that have started to attract concern from health organizations in other parts of Massachusetts. […]
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A ‘Striketober’ protest leads to mass firings for Mayans in New Bedford
A work stoppage at a tire recycling company cost roughly two dozen employees their jobs, exposing gaps in American labor law that undermine immigrants’ rights to protest.
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New Bedford company faces steep fine for ‘excessively idling’ school buses
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office reached a settlement in a lawsuit it brought against a local bus company this week for excessively idling its school buses in New Bedford. Tremblay’s Bus Company agreed to pay a fine of more than $100,000 for violating the Clean Air Act and other environmental laws. Attorney General Maura Healey […]
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Middletown considers prohibiting marijuana dispensaries and compassion centers
Middletown officials are weighing a preemptive ban on both recreational and medical marijuana establishments before the Rhode Island General Assembly potentially legalizes recreational cannabis this fall.
