The House Judiciary Committee last week heard testimony on several bills proposing to legalize marijuana in Rhode Island and to improve current regulations on the sale and distribution of medical marijuana. While marijuana legalization has gained momentum in the state recently, there remain concerns ...
Ernest Almonte, adjunct lecturer of public policy, former Auditor General for the State of Rhode Island and former chairman of the U.S. Department of Defense Audit Committee, is currently running for the office of Rhode Island General Treasurer. He sat down with The Herald to discuss his campaign, the ...
The Providence Division of Community Development held a public hearing yesterday to review its grant application process. The process is moving online for the first time this year. The division receives funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which it allocates to local nonprofits ...
With the September primary on the horizon, mayoral candidates discussed plans to boost Providence’s economy, reduce violence, improve the public school system and support city libraries at the Knight Memorial Library Wednesday night. Sponsored by the Providence Community Library and moderated by ...
Seeking public input on citywide zoning changes, the Providence Department of Planning and Development hosted an open house Tuesday to supplement the series of five neighborhood meetings scheduled throughout April and May. The re-zoning process “is a pretty unique opportunity for us — these things ...
The City Council Special Committee on Ways and Means approved a renewed contract with Zipcar April 7 after months of negotiation. The proposed agreement has been forwarded to the City Council for final approval Thursday. Zipcar submitted a revised contract for consideration at the beginning of January. ...
The Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions released a poll Thursday that shows gubernatorial candidates Mayor Angel Taveras and General Treasurer Gina Raimondo in a statistical tie among likely Democratic primary voters. The poll surveyed a random sampling of 600 Rhode Island voters ...
Patrick Rogers, Gov. Lincoln Chafee’s ’75 P’14 P’17 nominee to serve as one of seven commissioners on the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission, declined the offer last Thursday, on the day of his proposed confirmation, citing concerns about the potential conflict of interest between service ...
Providence hotel workers and members of the hotel union Unite Here Local 217 presented a petition with over 1,200 signatures to the City Clerk’s Department Friday morning in an attempt to raise the minimum wage for Providence hotel workers to $15 per hour. Students from the Brown Student Labor Alliance ...
Though Rhode Islanders have never elected a person of color or a woman to the governor’s office, the upcoming gubernatorial contest offers the state an opportunity to buck this trend. General Treasurer Gina Raimondo would be the state’s first female elected governor, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras ...
The proposed settlement to end the battle over Rhode Island’s pension overhaul unveiled in February by Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 and General Treasurer Gina Raimondo was ultimately voted down Monday. Following the November 2011 legislation overhauling the state’s pension system in an ...
Aaron Regunberg ’12, co-founder of the Providence Student Union, and Miriam Ross, a Providence business attorney, are slated to compete for the District 4 seat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives vacated March 22 by former Rhode Island Speaker of the House Gordon Fox, D-Providence, amid ...
This week in the General Assembly, the Senate Commerce Committee held hearings to review Gov. Lincoln Chafee’s ’75 P’14 P’17 appointees to the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation and the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission. Elementary school students will join legislators tomorrow in the Statehouse ...
Rep. Joseph McNamara, D-Warwick and Cranston, proposed legislation March 19 to create a three-year pilot program for Rhode Island adults to complete their college degrees online. The program will be facilitated through partnerships with Charter Oak State College, a Connecticut public online college, ...
Providence policies aimed at reducing childhood lead exposure have contributed to a 25 percent decline in the number of cases reported in 2013. There were only 402 exposure cases in Providence during 2013 as compared to 503 cases in 2012, according to a press release from the Rhode Island Department ...
About 7,000 Rhode Island students have participated in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers — a test slated to replace the New England Common Assessment Program evaluations as the official state assessment for grades three to 10 in Rhode Island next year — said ...
One week after the election of Nicholas Mattiello, D-Providence, as the new speaker of the House and the subsequent changes in leadership in the General Assembly, legislators proposed and considered bills on health insurance coverage for opiate addiction, the expansion of access to higher education ...
Rhode Island enrolled roughly 20,000 individuals through its state insurance exchange, HealthSource R.I., as of midday Monday, the Providence Journal reported. Monday was the final day of the open enrollment period in Rhode Island, which did not extend its deadline as the federal government has done. Rhode ...
Providence will reapply for a federal grant by the end of this month to partially fund a streetcar starter line running between Upper South Providence and College Hill. The city applied for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery discretionary grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation ...
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