With increasing usage in Providence, the short-term rental website Airbnb has garnered support from some residents who praise the site for expanding housing and supplementary income opportunities. But the website’s rising popularity has also led local authorities to consider how to enforce local tax ...
As the November election date draws closer, the debate has heated up over ballot Question 3, which asks voters whether the state should host a constitutional convention to amend the state’s constitution. While supporters of the initiative argue the convention provides an opportunity to decrease government ...
A new Providence zoning ordinance could go into effect by the end of this year that would streamline commercial corridor guidelines, reform parking regulations, create new transit-oriented development zones and form a new landmarked historical district. The ordinance, which is currently in its fifth ...
When national science competition winners from high-performing Rhode Island schools score poorly on the New England Common Assessment Program Science exam, it is apparent that “something is wrong here,” said Lawrence Filippelli, assistant superintendent of the Scituate School Department. After ...
As prominent donors to Seth Moulton, the Democratic candidate to represent Massachusetts’ sixth district, strolled into the lobby of the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, Massachusetts, they were greeted with a friendly handshake. “Hi, how are you? I’m Haley Scott.” Haley Scott ’15.5 took this semester ...
Maple, pumpkins and Christmas trees are all products that Matt and Kara Richardson, the husband-and-wife team that co-founded Rhode Island’s first farm brewery, use as ingredients in their new handcrafted beers. Located in Exeter, the Tilted Barn Brewery is part of a class of breweries distinguished ...
When Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 signed gang sentencing enhancement legislation into law on July 1, he did so amidst widespread community opposition. Under the legislation, known as “criminal street gang enhancement,” prosecutors can seek an additional 10-year sentence for “any person ...
Anti-Cianci group folds An anti-Vincent “Buddy” Cianci group founded by former mayoral candidate Lorne Adrain folded before making any moves to attack the Cianci campaign, WPRI reported. Adrain told WPRI that he will instead gear his efforts toward endorsing Democratic mayoral candidate Jorge Elorza. ...
In 2013, Rhode Island’s poverty rate rose to 14.3 percent — up from 13.7 percent in 2012 — the highest poverty rate in New England, according to data released Sept. 18 by the Census Bureau. This increase fell within the survey’s 1.2 percentage point margin of error. Rhode Island replaced Maine ...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island is leading a drive to educate eligible voters on the state’s new voter ID law in time for the general election, after errors made in the law’s implementation during the Sept. 9 primary led to voter disenfranchisement, said Hillary Davis, RIACLU ...
Testy TV ads General Treasurer Gina Raimondo, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, the Republican nominee, challenged the quality and character of each other’s televised campaign advertisements this week. Fung’s campaign alleges that a new ad for U.S. Sen. Jack ...
When Jay Davani first moved to Rhode Island, she considered living in Providence’s West End neighborhood. She put a bid on a condo, but after visiting and finding a used needle on the sidewalk outside the building, she withdrew her offer. She moved to Pawtuxet Village instead. Ten years later, ...
A heated mayoral debate between Independent Vincent “Buddy” Cianci, Democrat Jorge Elorza and Republican Daniel Harrop ’76 MD’79 at Rhode Island College featured a series of pointed personal attacks in front of a packed crowd of fervent supporters Tuesday evening. Elorza, a former housing court ...
Nightclubs in the Jewelry District have come under scrutiny and now must comply with new restrictions following several violent incidents, including a gang shooting at the nightclub Karma that left two victims critically injured, the Providence Journal reported. The events at Karma — which led to ...
With a new $13 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, awarded Sept. 11, the city of Providence is taking more steps to support its proposed streetcar system. The long-term plan would help connect downtown to upper South Providence ...
The University of Rhode Island has begun to implement a plan to arm its police force, concluding a nearly two-and-a-half year process that was triggered by a false report of a gunman on campus. Officers in the force are currently undergoing background checks, said Stephen Baker, URI director of public ...
Block throws support behind former rival Fung for governor Just a couple weeks ago, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung won the Republican primary for governor with 55 percent of the vote, defeating his opponent Ken Block. But despite losing a heated primary that featured a negative advertising campaign against ...
Rhode Island, Miriam and Newport Hospitals have begun to distribute naloxone — an opioid-overdose antidote — in kits provided to discharged patients admitted for overdoses, according to a Sept. 12 Rhode Island Hospital press release. This move comes as part of the larger initiative to increase the ...
“My life has been a bit of an improbable journey,” said Jorge Elorza, Democratic nominee for mayor, as he addressed approximately 50 students at a Brown Democrats event Tuesday night in Wilson 101. As Guatemalan immigrants, Elorza’s parents “came to this country with nothing,” he said, ...
Rhode Islanders will vote this November on whether to allow the Newport Grand casino to open table games, a proposition that can only pass if a majority of Newport residents also vote in favor of it. The state’s voters will also vote to amend the Rhode Island Constitution to require that a vote be ...
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