Providence Talks — a literacy program aimed at increasing reading readiness in lower-income children — plans for expansion as its pilot phase, which began Feb. 3, comes to a close, said Rob Horowitz, spokesperson for Providence Talks. The program was inspired by research that suggests the existence ...
Attorney General Democratic incumbent Attorney General Peter Kilmartin won his reelection bid by more than 13 percentage points against his Republican challenger, two-term state Sen. Dawson Hodgson, R-R-East Greenwich, North Kingstown, South Kingstown and Narragansett. Kilmartin, a former Pawtucket ...
Updated Nov. 5 at 2:45 a.m. In a tight race, Democrat Gina Raimondo beat out Republican Allan Fung and Moderate Robert Healey in Rhode Island’s gubernatorial race, making her the state’s first woman elected governor and the first Democrat elected to the seat since 1992. Raimondo, the state’s ...
Updated Nov. 5 at 2:45 a.m. The votes are in, the polls are closed and the city will be under the leadership of Mayor-elect Jorge Elorza beginning in January. After garnering 53.3 percent of the vote, Elorza, the Democratic nominee and a former housing court judge, will succeed Mayor Angel Taveras, ...
Get to the “turf,” whether through a walk to Wickenden, an Uber downtown or a trek to Bristol. Find the first target and walk up the drive. Knock. Probably no response — not home or not interested. Next target. Knock. This one establishes contact — immediately bringing the point-blank question, ...
Newport voters once again rejected the addition of table games to the Newport Grand casino by voting 57 percent to 43 percent to reject Question 1 on the ballot Tuesday, though statewide voters approved the measure by nearly the same margin. The measure could only pass if it was supported by a majority ...
Incumbents in the three seats in Rhode Island’s congressional delegation that were up for election Tuesday all handily won reelection. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., U.S. Rep. David Cicilline ’83, D-R.I., and U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., three of the four members of the state’s delegation, all ...
Today is Election Day, marking the end to an election season in Rhode Island that was full of memorable candidates, contentious debates, surprising endorsements and visits from national politicians. The gubernatorial election will result in either the state’s first non-white or non-male governor. ...
Today Rhode Island voters will head to the voting booths, where they will decide seven ballot measures — two constitutional amendments, one automatic ballot referral and four bond issues. Questions 1 and 2 The ballot’s first two questions will determine the future of gambling in Rhode ...
Before most Rhode Islanders reach for their morning coffee today, poll workers across the state will have begun feeding ballots into voting machines, which they will continue to do throughout the day, watching the number of votes cast tick upward in what could become a critical election year. These ...
President Obama emphasized the need for an economy that encourages more women to be active in the workforce during a speech at Rhode Island College Oct. 31. More than 1,000 attendees turned out to hear his pitch on behalf of Democratic gubernatorial nominee and General Treasurer Gina Raimondo. Obama ...
Hundreds of eyes in the Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex gymnasium in Providence turned toward the podium, where First Lady Michelle Obama spoke in support of gubernatorial Democratic nominee Gina Raimondo Thursday afternoon. With the race for governor entering the final sprint, the entire Rhode ...
As he trekked mountains in northern Vermont with his family 27 years ago, John Reckner chanced upon a bright idea. The brilliant display of hundreds of jack-o-lanterns set up along the mountainside was “impressive,” he remembered, and inspired him to create his own version of the jack-o-lantern ...
On Nov. 4, Rhode Island voters will decide on a ballot measure that would authorize the state government to issue $35 million in bonds to improve public transportation infrastructure across the state, with some of the potential funds going to transit renovations near the Amtrak station in downtown Providence. Advocates ...
Moses Brown School received an anonymous $1.5 million donation to a new Sailing and Marine Education Center in Cranston at the site where the historic Edgewood Yacht Club is being rebuilt, the school announced Oct. 17. The Edgewood Yacht Club, whose clubhouse burned down in 2011, invited Moses Brown ...
Amidst the peaceful glow of electric candlelight, images of victims of the Ebola epidemic and health care workers in West Africa were projected on a screen outside the Statehouse as a crowd of over 100 people gathered at a vigil last night to commemorate those affected by the disease. The lights flickered ...
Less than a week before the Nov. 4 general election, gubernatorial candidates Democrat Gina Raimondo and Republican Allan Fung are in a statistical tie for the lead, according to a Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions poll released Tuesday. This newest poll comes just five days ...
Travel and Leisure Magazine named Providence “America’s Favorite City” in their annual rankings, which were compiled from the results of a 50,000-vote online survey about 38 cities across the country and are included in the magazine’s November issue. Providence also ranked first in three subcategories ...
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 ...
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