“My life has been a bit of an improbable journey,” said Jorge Elorza, Democratic nominee for mayor, as he addressed approximately 50 students at a Brown Democrats event Tuesday night in Wilson 101. As Guatemalan immigrants, Elorza’s parents “came to this country with nothing,” he said, ...
Rhode Islanders will vote this November on whether to allow the Newport Grand casino to open table games, a proposition that can only pass if a majority of Newport residents also vote in favor of it. The state’s voters will also vote to amend the Rhode Island Constitution to require that a vote be ...
Rhode Island could make history this year by electing its first female governor, as well as possibly its second female lieutenant governor and third female secretary of state, in November’s general election. There are three female candidates currently vying for various state-level positions — ...
It was not cars, trucks and motorcycles but baby goats, peace flags and beanbags filling parking spots around Providence Friday as part of the reimagining of urban space during the city’s second annual celebration of Park(ing) Day. Organizers of Park(ing) Day have designated the third Friday in September ...
The speakers at the 10th annual Business Innovation Factory Summit all have one thing in common: They want to shake things up. The featured storytellers and audience members descended on the Trinity Repertory Company in downtown Providence Wednesday and Thursday, a congregation of “innovation junkies,” ...
The Rhode Island Department of Health unveiled new numbers earlier this month on the rise of heroin and opioid overdoses in the state during the first session of a six-part seminar on addiction and recovery. As of Sept. 2, there have been 142 fatal overdoses reported this year in the state, the majority ...
The Council on Elementary and Secondary Education voted Sept. 8 to hold public hearings on Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist’s recommendation to delay the implementation of the standardized exam high school graduation requirement from 2017 to 2020. Gist’s recommendation — made in ...
For the first time in state history, the next governor of Rhode Island will most likely not be a white man. With Gina Raimondo as the Democratic candidate and Allan Fung as the Republican candidate, the winner of November’s gubernatorial race almost certainly will be either the state’s first female ...
Republican party challenge to Healey candidacy struck down The Rhode Island Board of Elections struck down an official petition by the R.I. Republican Party yesterday, which challenged the gubernatorial candidacy of Robert Healey who is running as a Moderate Party candidate, the Providence Journal ...
Rhode Island will expand its vaccination requirements for students and child care workers beginning next August, though the changes will likely not affect Brown students, since Health Services’ current standards already meet the state’s new criteria. Rhode Island children will be affected by the ...
A group of national and state politicians, bureaucrats, business leaders and community members gathered in the State Room at the Rhode Island Statehouse Friday afternoon to celebrate the press launch of the Rhode Island Alliance for Healthy Homes, a partnership of local agencies and organizations that ...
In a ceremonial groundbreaking Friday, the Smith Hill Community Development Corporation and Sojourner House unveiled a plan for Rhode Island’s first supportive housing project for domestic abuse survivors. The pilot program will house three families and is intended to be the first of many such ...
As summer fades into fall, the reconstruction of Kennedy Plaza — which began July 12 and necessitated route detours and temporary bus shelters — is continuing according to plan. The redesign, which is set to be completed this fall, is a collaborative effort between the Rhode Island Public Transit ...
Scott Laurans, owner of Eastside Marketplace, sold the local grocery store this July to Ahold USA, the corporation that owns GIANT, Stop and Shop, Martin’s and Peapod. Laurans said he closed the deal with the corporation two weeks ago, which proceeded more quickly than expected due to resolved regulatory ...
On Aug. 2, Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 signed the Resilient Rhode Island Act of 2014 into law — a climate change bill that had originally been drafted by Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology J. Timmons Roberts, 15 Brown students and a group of consultants. The law’s main ...
Last week, Mayor Angel Taveras unveiled a comprehensive proposal outlining plans to promote sustainability in Providence. Developed by the Providence Environmental Sustainability Task Force and dozens of community stakeholders, Sustainable Providence — as the plan is dubbed — delineates goals in ...
Under the new leadership of Director James Morone, professor of political science, public policy and urban studies, the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions plans to change its polling methodology in time for the November general election, said Shankar Prasad, the center’s new ...
Following a heated summer of campaigning — during which the candidates spent a combined total of more than $10 million — Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo beat out Providence Mayor Angel Taveras and Clay Pell for the Democratic nomination for governor. With 42 percent of the vote, Raimondo ...
Former Housing Court Judge Jorge Elorza beat out City Council President Michael Solomon with 49 percent of the vote in a tight Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday night. Chris Young received 5 percent of the vote, while Brett Smiley — who dropped out of the race in August — received 3 percent. Elorza ...
Walking into Brown’s Ladd Observatory on a clear night is like stepping back to a time when the stars were new. In August, Ladd Observatory was nominated for inclusion in Providence’s new Landmarks District, an official collection of historic sites created to integrate historic properties not located ...
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