A cold Sunday night and a chilly Monday morning followed the first major snowstorm of 2017. Providence hit the single digits Monday morning, and Taunton…
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Bristol County Sheriff Offers Up Inmates To Build The Border Wall Trump Promises
Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson is offering President-elect Donald Trump some help to build his proposed wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
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Bonus Q&A: Blazejewski On Education Funding, Marijuana, House-Senate Relations & More
State Rep. Chris Blazejewski joins Bonus Q&A to discuss House-Senate relations, education funding, whether undocumented immigrants should get driver…
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WUMD To Move On-Line As UMass Dartmouth Sells Signal To RIPR
Rhode Island Public Radio has made a $1.5 million deal to acquire the radio station at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. The purchase will…
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Matt Jerzyk Named Chief Legal Counsel For Majority Leader Joseph Shekarchi
Matt Jerzyk, a familiar presence at the Statehouse, started in a new role Wednesday as chief legal counsel for House Majority Leader Joseph Shekarchi,…
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RI Public Radio Acquiring UMass-Dartmouth Radio Station
Rhode Island Public Radio has inked a deal to acquire the radio station of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. The purchase will increase the…
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Mattiello Says He’s Looking To Economic Growth To Pay For Car Tax Phaseout
House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello doubled down Tuesday on his pledge to begin a phaseout in 2017 of the state’s unpopular car tax.
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Invenergy Officially Bids To Buy Water From Woonsocket
Woonsocket officials say they will carefully consider a proposal from a power plant company to buy water from municipal supplies. The city will also…
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This I Believe Rhode Island: Carnival
Youthful frolic. Remember those days, filled with all manner of excursions on the wild side, curiosity-driven cavorting, and adolescent drama? For sure,…
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Reducing Car Tax, Raising Minimum Wage Among Mattiello Priorities in 2017 Assembly
From RIPR political reporter Ian Donnis: Rhode Island House Speaker Nick Mattiello, D-Cranston, said in his opening remarks at the beginning of the 2017…
