A developer that plans to build Rhode Island’s first grid-scale offshore wind farm announced this week it is abandoning two projects in New Jersey, stoking concerns about the commercial viability of a clean energy source that several states are counting on to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. In anticipation of an earnings call with investors […]
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The Call of Woonsocket, The Times of Pawtucket to merge into single newspaper
Two daily newspapers that trace their roots to the 19th Century, The Call of Woonsocket and The Times of Pawtucket, plan to merge into a single paper. “Our commitment to being a daily news provider for Northern Rhode Island has not changed,” according to a front-page story in a recent edition of The Call, “but […]
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Offshore wind cable factory clears tough permitting hurdle in Somerset
The company suggested that it might walk away from the project unless the Somerset Zoning Board of Appeals reconsidered an earlier decision.
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U.S. Senators discuss crisis of migrant children working dangerous jobs
Lawmakers also introduced multiple new bills intended to better protect migrant teens from labor exploitation.
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Las jornadas de 21 horas de un adolescente en New Bedford
Cómo un adolescente inmigrante intentó combinar entre ir al bachillerato y trabajar en las noches en una procesadora de productos del mar.
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A New Bedford teenager’s 21-hour days
Underage and Unprotected: How a migrant teen tried to juggle going to high school and working overnights at a seafood processor.
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Underage and Unprotected: Migrant teens worked in risky jobs in New Bedford seafood processing plants
The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating possible violations of child labor, overtime pay, and anti-retaliation laws at two processors and one Rhode Island-based staffing agency
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New Cannabis Control Commission chair on the future of recreational marijuana in Rhode Island
Over a year after recreational marijuana was legalized in Rhode Island, three people have finally been appointed to the state’s newly formed Cannabis Control Commission, which is responsible for overseeing the regulation, licensing and control of adult use and medical cannabis in the Ocean State. In July the commission began holding listening sessions for members of the public to share what they want to see in rules and regulations around marijuana. Morning Host Luis Hernandez spoke this week with the commission’s chair, Kimberly Ahern.
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How will Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action, LGBTQ protections affect Rhode Island?
Steven Brown of the Rhode Island ACLU on two of the several big decisions made this week by the country’s highest court.
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New Bedford longshoremen’s union extends protest against offshore wind developer
The protest has already stalled construction for five days on the nation’s first major offshore wind farm.
