Rhode Island voters will vote today on nine statewide ballot questions, including three state constitutional amendments and six bond issues.
Last month, the federal government denied all funding for port security in the Ocean State for the 2006 fiscal year. The Department of Homeland Security also slashed total state homeland security funding to $7 million, down from $21 million two years ago, according to Leo Messier, director of the Providence ...
Every year, hundreds of students on financial aid receive University funds with the donor's name attached. These endowed scholarships range in size and are often available only to students from specific families or countries - and in one case to descendants of firefighters, police or victims of the ...
In response to the recent rash of school shootings across the country, state and local school and law enforcement officials are reviewing school safety policy in Rhode Island.
Debate over the city's commitment to complying with the decades-old First Source ordinance continues one year after three members of the Providence City Council brought the ordinance back to life. First passed in 1985 and signed into law by then-Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci Jr., the ordinance went 20 ...
Black leaders and historians across the state have praised the 106-page report of the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice for its public acknowledgement of the University and state's ties to slavery and the slave trade.
Representatives in favor and opposed to Ballot Question 1, a constitutional amendment granting the Narragansett Indian tribe and Harrah's Entertainment exclusive rights to construct a destination casino in West Warwick, spoke at a panel forum Tuesday night hosted by Native Americans at Brown. Over 70 ...
The Science and Technology Advisory Council of Gov. Don Carcieri '65 announced last month a statewide initiative to allocate $1.5 million in collaborative research awards and infrastructure support to hospitals, universities and other research and development organizations.
Owners of the Station nightclub in West Warwick were sentenced Friday for their role in the 2003 fire that killed 100 people and injured countless others. Brothers Michael and Jeffrey Derderian pled no contest to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter, preventing the case from going to trial and leaving ...
Hundreds filled the Rhode Island College Recreation Center last night at a fundraiser and rally for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sheldon Whitehouse featuring Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
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