Last month, Wood River Health announced a data breach that affects nearly 55,000 patients in Rhode Island and Connecticut. It was the latest in a string of instances that have seen hundreds of thousands of Rhode Islanders’ personal health data exposed. Morning Host Luis Hernandez spoke with Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Aug. 15, 2025
Limit access to part of Wickenden Street for a movie shoot, sure, but obstruct my peregrinations to Pizza Marvin at your peril. Welcome back to my Friday column. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Sign […]
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Redevelopment of Providence’s ‘Superman Building’ to continue after owner’s death
The company that owns the so-called “Superman Building” in downtown Providence said Friday that it remains committed to redeveloping the property, even after the recent death of the company’s president. In a statement, High Rock Development announced that the Massachusetts-based company will now be led by its legal counsel, Michael Crossen, and that he will […]
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Immigrant advocates cheer New Bedford school committee’s ‘safe zone’
Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Immigrant advocates in New Bedford cheered a recent vote by the city’s school committee to establish a “Safe Zone” for immigrant students. On Monday, the school committee passed the resolution, which was first introduced in February. It doesn’t change district policy per se. Rather, it affirms that New […]
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A science museum is using its 100-acre forest to support mental health
The Montshire Museum in Norwich has exhibits throughout its trails geared towards being present in the natural world and to process grief.
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What actually happens to recycled plastics in Rhode Island?
In order to help reduce plastic waste and help the environment, Rhode Islanders are encouraged to reduce, reuse, and recycle plastics. But what actually happens to the plastic the state collects for recycling after it leaves the Materials Recycling Facility in Johnston? A lot of it ends up in landfills, according to an investigation led […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Aug. 8, 2025
If the ‘Taylor Swift tax’ is getting you down, you can snap up a Wyoming ranch bigger than Rhode Island for a cool $79.5 million. Welcome back to my Friday column. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox […]
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‘I’m so excited’: Barrington High School graduate wins journalism scholarship from Rhode Island PBS/The Public’s Radio
Each summer, Rhode Island PBS and The Public’s Radio award a $60,000 college scholarship to a local high school graduate who is planning to pursue a career in journalism. This year’s recipient is Scarlet Biancuzzo. She’s a Bristol native and a Barrington High School graduate. This fall she’ll enroll at the University of Missouri, one […]
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Backlash at Brown over Trump deal
College Hill is quiet these days. With Brown undergraduates enjoying the last few weeks of summer vacation, the few people on campus seem to have the place to themselves. But the mood on campus is not so sunny, not after President Trump gloated about the deal the Brown struck last week to get the administration […]
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McKee nominates Pryor to return as Commerce secretary
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee on Wednesday nominated a longtime former state official, Stefan Pryor, to return to his former role as Commerce secretary. Pryor signed on to lead the state’s economic development efforts before Gov-elect Gina Raimondo took office in 2015. Over time, he touted a series of high-profile job announcements, some of which […]
