Following an eight-month battle of demonstrations and boycotts against the Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel, the success of employees hoping to unionize now hinges on a National Labor Relations Board complaint, with a formal hearing scheduled for March 31 in Boston. Hotel workers and the labor ...
With election season shifting into full force, gubernatorial and mayoral candidates articulated their visions to reduce violence through poverty alleviation, nonviolence education and an increased police presence to a packed audience at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day forum hosted by the Institute for ...
Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 delivered the annual State of the State and budget address last week, marking the beginning of his fourth and final year as the Ocean State’s governor. Focusing on the fundamental factors that will drive economic growth and prosperity in Rhode Island, Chafee’s ...
The General Assembly opened its 2014 legislative session Jan. 7. The Assembly received the proposed 2015 budget from Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 at his annual State of the State address Jan. 15. Among the legislation filed by state senators and representatives since the start of 2014 are ...
Following the Dec. 31 federal deadline for health care coverage registration, approximately 32,000 Rhode Islanders have signed up for health insurance using the HealthSource R.I. marketplace. Over 20,000 people — approximately 63 percent of enrollments — have signed up for Medicaid, which puts Rhode ...
Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo officially announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor in a video sent to supporters Wednesday. The decision sets up a competitive race against Mayor Angel Taveras, who announced his candidacy for the party nomination in October. ...
Holiday revelers will gather in the lobby of the Statehouse tonight to light Rhode Island’s first “Christmas tree” under Gov. Lincoln Chafee’s ’75 P’14 P’17 leadership, said Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis. Chafee made national headlines in the first two years of his tenure when he ...
The University aims to encourage students to shop locally this holiday season by providing gifts and offers during the “Brown Shops Local” event today from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Students, faculty members and staff who stop by the “Brown Shops Local” table at the Brown Bookstore will receive ...
About four-fifths of undergraduates support standardized test scores playing either a small or moderate role in public high school graduation requirements, according to a Herald poll conducted Sept. 30 – Oct. 1. About 12 percent of respondents said standardized test scores should play no role in public ...
Democrat Brett Smiley announced his candidacy for mayor yesterday, promising to be a “get-it-done mayor” focusing on public safety, education and implementing an extra sales tax on guns and ammunition. A crowd of nearly 50 supporters gathered at the Mount Hope Neighborhood Association to hear Smiley, ...
The Democratic and Republican primary races for the 2014 gubernatorial election have been in flux during recent weeks as new candidates enter the race, fresh poll results redefine the contest’s frontrunners and campaign fundraising reports offer new takes on where the races are headed. Candidates ...
The I-195 Redevelopment District Commission adopted the Link as the new name for about 40 acres of land in the Jewelry District previously occupied by I-195. Much of the Link overlaps with the “Knowledge District,” a moniker for the area adopted in recent years with hope that the area would develop ...
Providence Mayor Angel Taveras has announced that if elected governor next year, he would expand the state’s pre-kindergarten program, with a goal of enrolling 76 percent of the state’s eligible children in pre-kindergarten by the end of his first term in office and accommodating all eligible students ...
Superintendent Susan Lusi presented her strategic plan to revitalize the Providence Public School District to about 50 community members, teachers and city council members Wednesday night at William D’Abate Elementary School. The bulk of the plan, Opening Doors to Our Children’s Futures, explains ...
Mayor Angel Taveras and the Providence Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission unveiled “Bike Providence,” the city’s master plan to make Providence a more bike-friendly city, Nov. 5. Under “Bike Providence,” officials plan to install a comprehensive network of bike lanes throughout the ...
Providence Mayor Angel Taveras leads the pack of 2014 gubernatorial candidates in job performance rating and perceived ability to improve the state’s economy, according to a WPRI poll of 506 registered state voters released Tuesday. When asked to choose among the five probable candidates, almost ...
Karen DeLucia Pinch ’88 was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the Rhode Island State Police earlier this month, making her third in command of the force and the highest ranking woman in the organization’s history. In her new role as Commanding Officer of the Department of Public Safety and Training, ...
Rhode Island will require all residents to have health insurance that complies with the standards outlined in the Affordable Care Act by March 31, despite President Obama’s decision Thursday that anyone on canceled individual or small business insurance plans can keep their coverage for another year, ...
Jorge Elorza, a former Housing Court judge, formally announced his mayoral candidacy Monday morning in a short speech to about 75 supporters outside his childhood home in Providence’s West End. Elorza spoke of his experiences growing up in Providence, his career and his focus on creating an environment ...
A panel of experts explored the benefits and problems the Affordable Care Act has posed for Rhode Islanders, focusing specifically on more vulnerable populations, at an event hosted by Health Leads last night. Rhode Island is one of 27 states to have opted into the law’s expansion of Medicaid, despite ...
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