The future for thousands of young people in Massachusetts is unclear after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that the Trump…
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RI Attorney General To Join Lawsuit Over DACA
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin is joining with counterparts in other states to sue the federal government over the end of the DACA…
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Colleges Reach Out To DACA Students As Trump Administration Ends Immigration Protections
The announcement that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, will be phased out came the same day that many colleges and universities began a…
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Red Sox, PawSox And Patriots
As summer fades to fall, the Red Sox – Boston and Pawtucket – and the Patriots dominate the sports news. Here is my take on three hot topics. RED SOX:…
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Native American Activists To Lead March To Brown University Over Land Dispute
A group calling itself the Pokanoket Nation has been calling for Brown to turn over land in Bristol, which was the ancestral home of Wampanoag Chief…
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Update: How Parents Can Help Resist Overprescribing Antibiotics
Prescription opioids aren’t the only medication that public health officials worry about doctors over-prescribing. Another is antibiotics.
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TGIF: 24 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
With the flip of the calendar to September, the lull of late summer will soon give way to a burst of political activity: a special legislative session,…
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Gill Nominated for Family Court Bench
Felix E. “Feidlim” Gill, of Narragansett, has been nominated to be a Rhode Island Family Court judge by Gov. Gina Raimondo.
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Scott MacKay Commentary: Organized Labor’s Private Sector Woes
It’s Labor Day, the holiday celebrating working people. That got RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay thinking about unions, and the decline of organized…
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Bonus Q&A: Walsh On Veto Override, Labor Day, School Funding Formula & More
Robert A. Walsh Jr., executive director of the National Education Association Rhode Island teachers union, joins Bonus Q&A to discuss a range of…
