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Congressional candidates spar over unemployment, Medicare

Rep. David Cicilline '83, D-R.I., faced former Rhode Island State Police Superintendent and Republican challenger Brendan Doherty Tuesday night for their second of three debates in the race to represent the state's first congressional district. During the debate, Cicilline attempted to connect Doherty ...

R.I. to sell medical marijuana

MakerBot printer transforms 2-D images into plastic models

Ever wish you could print a three-dimensional object? MakerBot works with software to print 3-D plastic models of 2-D images. There is one MakerBot at AS220 Labs in Providence, two at the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts and one in the Dunn Lab, a biology lab at the University. Plastic ...

CDC survey shows highest rates of immunization in R.I.

The National Immunization Survey, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recently recognized Rhode Island for having one of the highest rates of child immunization in the country. The state places highest for immunizing children aged 19-35 months with the measles-mumps-rubella ...

R.I. House Speaker faces challenge from Independent candidate

Independent candidate Mark Binder is challenging Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox, D-Providence, in the Nov. 6 election to represent District 4. This past month, House Majority Whip Patrick O'Neil has resigned from Fox's leadership team, and Fox's former consultant Jeff Britt is now running Binder's ...

Gambling legislation may bolster R.I. economy

Rhode Island voters will cast ballots Nov. 6 on a measure that would open state-operated full-scale casino gambling in Rhode Island's two casinos - Twin River Casino in Lincoln and the Newport Grand in Newport. The upcoming 2012 Rhode Island ballot measure will feature two separate questions for each ...

Election roundup

President Obama retains a slight lead in the polls against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Romney saw a surge of support last week following a strong performance in the candidates' first debate two weeks ago. Some analysts credit Vice President Joe Biden's strong performance last week in his debate ...

Social solutions nonprofit celebrates 20th year

Poll finds broad support for R.I. gambling amendments

Radio station to host controversial dance

Voters to consider road repairs

New federal funds target R.I. unemployment rate

City aims to raise recycling with single-stream system

Whitehouse outlines key election issues

The November election represents a nationwide referendum on the best way to fix the economy and the importance of social entitlement programs, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said at Tuesday night's Brown Democrats meeting. 

Election roundup: post-debate, Romney sees bump in polls

Taveras approval rating up despite slow recovery

Child poverty rate rises to one in five

38 Studios prompts commerce overhaul

A Sept. 25 report commissioned by Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 P'16 suggests Rhode Island's business climate is in critical condition and recommends a major overhaul to current state organizations relating to commerce and economic development.

Nine years later, site of nightclub fire memorialized

Raymond Villanova, owner of the property that formerly housed the Station Nightclub in West Warwick, voluntarily signed the land's deed over to the Station Fire Memorial Foundation Sept. 28. The nightclub burned down in 2003 after pyrotechnics ignited the building, killing 100 people and injuring hundreds ...

Romney, Obama square off on economy

President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney covered domestic topics in last night's presidential debate, including job creation, tax policy, deficit reduction, social welfare programs and healthcare policy. Social issues were not addressed. During the debate, Obama positioned ...