Sen. Edward Markey’s staff estimated that as many as 14 million students in the U.S. could be attending schools contaminated with toxic PCBs. PCBs were…
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Theater Review: Ocean State Theatre’s ‘Billy Elliot’ & Burbage Theatre’s ‘Desdemona’
Rhode Island’s booming theater scene is in full pulse these days Which has lead Rhode Island Public Radio’s Bill Gale to double up.
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Second Presidential Debate: Live Fact-Checking
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton face off in the second presidential debate Sunday night at Washington University in St. Louis,…
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Neighborhood Health Station Breaks Ground In Central Falls
Blackstone Valley’s Community Health Center broke ground Saturday on a new Neighborhood Health Station in Central Falls. The station is meant to serve…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: Mattiello Vs. Frias, The One RI House Race All Are Watching
In an election season with few contested Rhode Island races, there is one General Assembly campaign getting lots of attention. RIPR political analyst…
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The Bottom Line: Expansions At Quonset Business Park
Providence Business News Editor Mark Murphy joins Rhode Island Public Radio’s Dave Fallon for our weekly business segment, The Bottom Line. This week,…
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Parsing Fact From Fiction In New Film ‘Birth Of A Nation’
Now playing in theaters, the film “The Birth of a Nation,” reclaims the title of a 1915 movie by D.W. Griffith, which remains highly controversial for…
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Bonus Q+A: Providence Superintendent Chris Maher
How Providence is working to get more kids to school every day; and what happened to the $75 million Rhode Island spent in federal Race to theTop…
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Political Roundtable: Providence Superintendent Chris Maher On Testing And Education Goals
Analysis by Rhode Island Public Radio finds urban and middle class students in Rhode Island have lower test scores than their peers in Massachusetts;…
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European Commission Studies Rhode Island’s Ocean Planning
Rhode Island’s tool for managing and planning activities in state waters has become a case study for the European Union. A couple of EU delegates have…
