A fatal shooting last Wednesday in the North End’s Chad Brown housing development revived memories of the neighborhood’s history of gun violence. Terry Robinson, a 22-year-old Providence resident, was fatally shot after attending the arraignment hearing of Justice Andrade, a suspect in the murder ...
Rookie Democratic mayoral candidate Jorge Elorza countered chief rival and former mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci’s prominent role on the city’s political stage with a show of his own last Thursday. Budweiser cans and hipster glasses were more abundant than ties and suits at the historic Columbus ...
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the Ocean State Friday to advocate for Gina Raimondo, Democratic candidate for governor. Along with Senators Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Clinton spoke to hundreds of supporters packed into Rhode Island College’s recreation ...
Democratic nominees for governor and mayor now hold double-digit leads over their opponents ahead of the Nov. 4 general election, according to a poll released Thursday by the the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions. Rhode Island General Treasurer and Democratic candidate for ...
During a panel event Wednesday, Moral Voices — a Brown/RISD Hillel initiative that focuses on awareness, education, advocacy and activism — invited various leaders to engage in an in-depth dialogue about gun violence in Providence and possible community-based solutions to the issue. Entering its ...
Rhode Island’s health insurance exchange, HealthSource R.I., has outperformed most other states’ systems in the year since it opened to the marketplace but faces challenges of balancing competing stakeholder interests, budget problems and collaboration with state agencies, said invited speakers ...
A peek inside the massive door of WaterFire Providence’s new home in the Valley/Olneyville neighborhood reveals an expansive industrial interior. Bright sunlight streams through frosted windows, illuminating the wrought iron baskets, cords of wood and other equipment stacked throughout the 27,000-square-foot ...
With the Nov. 4 election less than two weeks away, Providence’s mayoral candidates are seeking to build momentum by leveraging endorsements from politicians and unions considered valuable assets in a tight race. Independent candidate and former mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci has recently been endorsed ...
Seated amidst galleries of vintage photographs, walls of framed degrees and large poster boards illustrating models for a new Providence at his 175 Broad Street campaign headquarters, former mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci said the city’s current condition “is what it is.” Providence is “an ...
Repayment of the 38 Studios loan and reproductive rights dominated discussion Wednesday night at Rhode Island’s first televised gubernatorial debate since the early September primaries. Democratic candidate and General Treasurer Gina Raimondo, Republican candidate and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung and ...
Rhode Island placed 47th in the country in the overall condition of its highway systems in 2012, according to a report out last month from the Reason Foundation. The 21st Annual Report on the Performance of State Highway Systems, which included data from 1984 to 2012, also ranked Rhode Island last ...
The Alpert Medical School hosted a lecture Monday on Rhode Island’s community health centers presented by David Bourassa, chief medical officer of Thundermist Health Center, and Jane Hayward, president and chief executive officer of the Rhode Island Health Center Association. The lecture opened with ...
Gubernatorial debate Gubernatorial candidates Democrat Gina Raimondo, general treasurer, Republican Allan Fung, mayor of Cranston, and Moderate Robert Healey will face off in a debate Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at the Providence Performing Arts Center. The debate will be moderated by Tim White of Eyewitness ...
A report on race and traffic stops released by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation Wednesday found that “in 24 Rhode Island communities, minorities were more likely to be pulled over than whites for a traffic stop given census population data from 2010.” The report, compiled by the Institute ...
As part of a forced three-day “hiatus” of the Rhode Island College athletics program following an “uptick” in alcohol-related incidents on campus, RIC Athletic Director Don Tencher hosted two mandatory alcohol education sessions for all student-athletes at the school earlier this month. The ...
No election law violation for Raimondo The Board of Elections ruled last Wednesday that the Rhode Island Democratic Party did not violate a state campaign finance law after it spent $90,000 of party funds on a campaign commercial for U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., that featured gubernatorial candidate ...
A survey released this month by personal finance networking website WalletHub ranked Providence the worst in terms of livability for people with disabilities out of 150 U.S. cities. The survey ranked cities in three categories, which were then compiled into an overall ranking. The economic environment ...
In the two weeks since the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office hosted the National Association of Attorneys General Conference on Sexual Assault on College Campuses in Providence Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, local law enforcement officers, attorneys general, Rhode Island educators and “victim advocates” ...
“The next mayor of Providence faces daunting challenges,” said James Morone, director of the Taubman Center and professor of political science and urban studies, as he introduced the three mayoral candidates — Independent Vincent “Buddy” Cianci, Democrat Jorge Elorza and Republican Daniel ...
After 36 years of publication, the Providence Phoenix, an alternative weekly newspaper, is releasing its final issue Thursday. The paper began in March 1978 as the NewPaper under the leadership of Ty Davis before merging with the Phoenix Media/Communications Group in 1988, said Lou Papineau, the Phoenix’s ...
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