The Let RI Vote Act, co-sponsored by House Majority Whip Katherine Kazarian, D-East Providence, and Senator Dawn Euer, D-Newport, Jamestown, aims to make the temporary changes put in place during the pandemic that made voting safer and easier permanent.
Rhode Island lifted the executive order that required indoor masking or proof of vaccination in restaurants or businesses Feb. 11, The Herald previously reported. Now, ...
Joao Neves and Pablo Ortega were just teenagers when they were sentenced to life in prison. Under a law passed last July called the Youthful Offenders Act, colloquially known as “Mario’s Law,” they are entitled to a parole hearing after serving 20 years, according to American Civil Liberties ...
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha rejected Lifespan and Care New England’s application to merge their health systems Thursday. The merger would create an integrated health system with control of 80% of Rhode Island’s market for inpatient care, as well as establish an academic health ...
In December, Mayor Jorge Elorza granted $495,000 in federal emergency COVID-19 response funding to Crossroads RI, a service provider for people experiencing housing instability across the state. The decision followed 16 consecutive nights of a sleep-out protest at the Rhode Island State House organized ...
Governor Dan McKee’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2023 includes over $150 million in funding for measures intended to fight climate change and further develop the state’s green economy, according to a Jan. 19 press release. The funding will go towards initiatives such as installing electric ...
Rhode Island’s two largest health care systems’ application to form an integrated health system has entered a 120-day review period following the completion of the application in November.
With COVID-19 still raging across the world, Rhode Island has reached a 95% one-dose vaccination rate, currently making it tied for the state with the highest percentage of residents partially vaccinated. Public health experts say the achievement demonstrates Rhode Islanders’ commitment to softening ...
Providence has a rich history etched into nearly every corner of the city, waiting to be uncovered. Mike Ferguson, who moved to Providence with his family in August 2019, is doing just that — digging into the archival memory of the city to capture its transformations, one historical photograph ...
On the evening of Feb. 11, local vendors and Providence community members gathered at FarmFresh RI’s facility on 10 Sims St. for the Providence Flea’s first night market of 2022. In addition to its quirky charm, the market offered local craftspeople a chance to sell their products during the ...
Businesses on Thayer Street are planning a bustle of activities, discounts and samples for singles and couples alike this Valentine’s Day.
The amount the University voluntarily pays to the city of Providence is being reconsidered after the release of a Jan. 14 report by the Providence Financial Department on the city’s Payment in Lieu of Taxes program. As a nonprofit institution, the University does not pay property taxes to the city ...
Rhode Island’s statewide school mask mandate will be lifted beginning Mar. 4, leaving individual school districts to make decisions about mask requirements, Gov. Dan McKee announced in a press conference Wednesday, Feb. 9. The executive order that required either indoor masking or proof of vaccination ...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its State Climate Summaries for 2022 last month. The Rhode Island report — written by climate researchers Jennifer Runkle and Kenneth Kunkel — predicts unprecedented warming, extreme precipitation events and sea level rise that could cause ...
Officials have been planning potential designs for a new central bus hub and more bus stops for downtown Providence since 2014, after a $35 million bond issue was ...
On even the coldest winter nights, when the ground is slick with ice and snow banks bury the sidewalk, Kow Kow provides eager crowds of customers with ice cream and bubble waffle cones.
The Providence Public School District is adopting in-person learning for the remainder of the school year, Governor Dan McKee announced Dec. 29. Since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has been disrupting schooling across the country, leaving local educators, health experts and community members ...
Governor Dan McKee announced the creation of a new environmental justice committee through the Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council in a Jan. 19 ...
Black Lives Matter Rhode Island Progressive Action Committee launched over a year ago in July 2020 with the aim of helping a diverse group of young, progressive politicians run for state and local office. The organization’s overarching goal is “to see systemic racism dismantled,” according ...
Following the announcement that longtime Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) will not be seeking re-election in the 2022 midterms, several candidates have entered the race for Rhode Island’s second congressional district, which encompasses western Rhode Island and parts of Providence.
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