This week, a Burrillville couple sued Warner Brothers over the movie “The Conjuring,” claiming it has turned their lives into a nightmare. The couple…
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Health Dept. To Staff Overdose Prevention Team
Rhode Island’s health department is looking for help encouraging doctors to use a database that monitors prescription drugs. The department is adding…
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TGIF: 17 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
Thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. Your tips and thoughts are welcome via email, and you can follow me through the week on the twitters. Here…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: Raimondo Should Go Back To The Future On Tolls
When she was Rhode Island’s state general treasurer, Gina Raimondo led a successful campaign to overhaul the state’s pension system. As she pursues a…
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Dartmouth-Harvard Could Be An Ivy League Classic
With apologies to Florida and Georgia, hosts of the world’s biggest cocktail party every autumn, the best college football game in America this weekend…
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Dartmouth-Harvard Could Be An Ivy League Classic
With apologies to Florida and Georgia, hosts of the world’s biggest cocktail party every autumn, the best college football game in America this weekend…
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RI ACLU Files Suit Over New Sex Offender Residency Law
The Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit to stop new residency restrictions for sex offenders in the state. As Rhode Island…
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Walking The Hallways With A School Resource Officer
School resource officers, police officers who are embedded in public schools, have become commonplace in Rhode Island. But the practice is under new…
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One Square Mile Burrillville: Fighting Addiction At Burrillville High
There’s an epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose unfolding across Rhode Island right now, and Burrillville, a small town in the northwestern corner…
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Providence Food Icon George Germon, Co-Owner Of Al Forno, Has Died
George Germon, who co-created with his wife Johanne Killeen the landmark Providence restaurant Al Forno, died Tuesday, following an illness. In 1980,…
