As parents send their children off to school and policymakers gear up for the new fiscal year, the debate over the quality of primary and secondary education in Rhode Island is taking center stage once again. One of the more controversial facets of the discussion is whether families opt for charter ...
Despite a two-year suspension from the University, a student found responsible for sexual misconduct in a campus hearing this past spring will be allowed back on campus for the fall semester following an order issued from U.S. District Court Judge William Smith Aug. 23. The student, referred to as ...
Updated June 1, 2016 at 6:35 p.m. The fate of an anonymous John Doe remains unclear after a federal district court judge rejected the University’s decision to suspend him for two years for sexual misconduct in April, according to court documents. Though the University found Doe responsible for ...
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-VT, and Donald Trump emerged victorious in Rhode Island’s presidential primary Tuesday, winning 13 and nine delegates in the state’s Democratic and Republican races, respectively. Sanders won 55 percent of the vote compared to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s ...
Rhode Island has continued to ride a wave of attention from presidential candidates in the midst of primary season as the small state was visited Monday by Republican front-runner Donald Trump. The businessman hosted a rally at the Warwick Crowne Plaza that was interrupted by several protesters who ...
With Rhode Islanders heading to the polls today, the unsettled races in both parties place more importance on voters in the Ocean State than in past years. A poll conducted by the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy in February showed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton topping U.S. ...
Hillary Clinton held a rally in Central Falls Saturday to drum up support ahead of the Rhode Island Democratic primary, which will take place April 26. Supporters gathered in the gymnasium of Central Falls High School to hear the presidential hopeful speak at length about her platform and plan for taking ...
The National Research Network, a component of the White House’s Strong Cities, Strong Communities Initiative, released a draft report Monday regarding the state of the financial deficit in Providence. The report found that the city will face a $176 million budget deficit in 10 years — a 1,100 percent ...
As students at Brown urge the administration to take greater measures to address the lack of diversity and inclusion on campus, students and faculty members at other colleges in Rhode Island are also working to have their voices heard on their campuses. Such events represent students’ and faculty ...
The fire at an off-campus house at 185 Angell Street Thursday morning was caused by the electrical system, wrote Lindsay Lague, public information officer for the Providence Department of Safety. The house is home to a number of players on the men’s hockey team, including Andrew Doane ’17, who received ...
“The Swearer Center and Brown have a reputation of treating Providence as their playground,” said Olivia Veira ’17, one of facilitators of the workshop “Providence is Not Our Playground” at 85 Waterman Street Tuesday. The workshop, also facilitated by Christine Blandhol ’17, Arria Lhaka ...
Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea joined the Brown Democrats Tuesday for a forum on the new Rhode Island legislation that allows voters to register to vote or update their information online. Gov. Gina Raimondo signed the bill March 30, according to a press release. As a result of the new ...
Growlers Wing Bar opened above English Cellar Alehouse April 4. Previously, the restaurant above Alehouse was an Italian bistro, Coco Pazzo. The management team of both Alehouse and Coco Pazzo felt that the bistro could not compete against bigger Italian restaurant chains on Federal Hill, said Sean ...
Running on a platform of environmental sustainability, clean energy and educational reform, Solomon Goldstein-Rose ’16 is campaigning for a seat representing the Third Hampshire District, which includes Amherst, in the Massachusetts legislature. Winning a seat as state representative while at school ...
The work of the Rhode Island Justice Reinvestment Working Group, assembled by Gov. Gina Raimondo to improve the state’s criminal justice system, seems poised to come to fruition as the anniversary of its July 2015 inception draws nearer. According to the Council of State Governments Justice Center’s ...
In just a few weeks, 12 students will be standing in the middle of a Greek colonial site — Empúries — founded in 575 B.C. in Spain, where they will examine artifacts as part of their fieldwork, said Peter Van Dommelen, professor of archaeology and anthropology. During reading period, the members ...
Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner ’06 gave a lecture titled “Promoting a Clean Economy: The Policy and Legislative Process Behind the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank” in the Joukowsky Forum on Wednesday. The event focused on the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank’s capabilities to ...
In contrast to previous trends, the 2016 election cycle has seen online polling used more often than traditional telephone polls. But while online polling is cheaper than telephone polling and has produced more reliable results in certain recent contests, its methods have drawn skepticism from polling ...
As marijuana sweeps to the center of public debate, protestors and progressives — like those who tried to inflate a 51-foot joint replica in front of the White House last week — have been at the forefront of the legalization movement. During Tuesday’s forum at the Warren Alpert Medical School, ...
Rhode Island will use a $13 million federal grant to finance a new Enhanced Transit Corridor in downtown Providence, announced Gov. Gina Raimondo, Mayor Jorge Elorza, the congressional delegation and Rhode Island Public Transit Authority March 14. The corridor will provide buses every five minutes along ...
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