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NPR analyst speaks at tribute to RIPR

T.F. Green infrastructure development plan exceeds budget

T.F. Green Airport is re-evaluating a five-year, $125 million development plan after a cost analysis revealed the price tag would exceed initial estimates by $40 million. The Rhode Island Airport Corporation had originally planned to make several infrastructure improvements to the small Warwick regional ...

Salmonella outbreak prompts recall

The Rhode Island Department of Health released a notice Tuesday advising consumers to avoid certain cashew butter, tahini and roasted peanut products made by Sunland, Inc., following 29 related salmonella cases nationwide, including one in Rhode Island.

Raimondo hailed for state pension reform

Since Rhode Island successfully passed pension reform last year, the state has drawn significant attention from national news outlets and nonprofit organizations that see Rhode Island as an exemplary model for states with underfunded pension systems

Recounts confirm election results

The Rhode Island Board of Elections administered seven recounts Sept. 17 in response to candidate requests following the state primaries earlier this month. All recounts upheld primary results. Five races for seats in the General Assembly - from districts 32, 40, 58, 65 and 17 - were reviewed. Democratic ...

38 Studios to auction off assets to public

Assets from the failed 38 Studios, Curt Schilling's dissolved video game development company, will be auctioned off in October in an effort to decrease the $102 million in bond payments that must now be paid for by Rhode Island citizens. The company was forced to declare Chapter 7 bankruptcy in June, ...

Providence establishes education nonprofit

Legislative leaders announced this summer a $100,000 budget appropriation to fund the nation's first partnership between labor and education management officials. The initiative United Providence, or UP!, which was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) organization, has created a unique collaboration between ...

Grant to aid R.I. suicide prevention

Rhode Island is slated to receive $2.7 million in federal grants to improve suicide prevention programs for children, teens and young adults. The grants are being spread among four organizations - the Rhode Island Department for Children, Youth, and Family; the Rhode Island Youth Suicide Prevention ...

Central Falls mayor pleads guilty to corruption

Beer, birds, bites mark fall festivities

From the German-inspired Oktoberfest to a historical Colonial Harvest Festival, Little Rhody is about to catapult itself into a celebration of autumn. The abundance of upcoming festivals offer the perfect opportunity to combine a love of fall with the chance to venture off College Hill. Most fall festivals ...

Chafee presses feds to return Pleau case to R.I.

Nearly two years after Jason Pleau shot, killed and robbed gas station manager David Main outside a Woonsocket bank, Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 P'16 petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court in August to return Pleau to state custody. In federal custody since his arraignment in late May, Pleau is on track ...

Election roundup: Romney changes focus, Cicilline pulls ahead

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Luxury apartment plan approved for Thayer

Plans for a new upscale apartment complex on Thayer Street between Euclid Avenue and Meeting Street are moving forward after the outlines for the complex, set to be built by Gilbane Development, were approved by the Providence City Council Aug. 1. Construction on the 257 Thayer building is slated to ...

After state primaries, races heat up in the Ocean State

Central Falls on track to emerge from bankruptcy

Father-daughter dance ban sparks controversy

Providence's WaterFire to light up Rome

Almost 20 years after WaterFire's Artistic Director Barnaby Evans '75 first illuminated the Providence River, the renowned festival is traveling halfway across the globe. This weekend, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras will travel to Italy for the inaugural lighting of 30 braziers on the Tiber River in ...

Democratic primary results may bode well for marriage equality

In the hours after vote tallies for Rhode Island's Sept. 11 Democratic primaries started to pour in, political analysts and newspapers rushed to interpret what the results meant for the future of same sex-marriage in the state. 

RISD pilots graduate loan project to foster startups

A new organization being piloted at the Rhode Island School of Design this fall will help recent graduates raise capital in exchange for a percentage of their future income. Through the program, called Upstart, graduates can put the money towards starting a business, paying off student loans or other ...

Occupy rally marks one-year anniversary

One year ago, the first Occupiers set up camp in Zucotti Park in New York City to protest the greed of "the 1 percent," beginning a movement that quickly led to months-long encampments in major cities across the country and brought attention to issues like homelessness and the growing income disparity. ...