Providence will receive a federal stimulus grant of more than $1.75 million to improve energy efficiency in residential and municipal buildings, the office of Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., announced Oct. 15.
Members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives can expect to deal with unfinished business — including a change to prostitution law — when they meet for a special session next week. The House will also hold talks on the economy before next year's session, Speaker William Murphy, D-Dist. ...
Two Rhode Island School of Design public safety officers were assaulted during a foot chase Tuesday night, according to a police report.
After months of public comment, the City Plan Commission adopted a neighborhood plan for College Hill, Fox Point and Wayland Tuesday night over objections to some proposals regarding the waterfront. The plan's recommendations will now be incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan, a long-term guide for ...
Editor's Note: This story contains material similar to text that appeared in other published work. An Editor's Note was published in the Nov. 13, 2009, Herald. That Editor's Note can be found here. Brown has long enjoyed an enviable position in Rhode Island politics, with numerous alums holding some ...
Hope High School's Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps — the only elective course that has survived from the school's now-defunct Leadership academy — remains as popular as ever among students.
Rhode Island ranks among the nation's top spenders in Medicaid and fire protection, while hovering near the bottom for expenditures on higher education, highways and transportation, and parks and recreation, according to a report released last week by the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council.
Providence is getting greener.
Disappointment, anger and resilience were among the sentiments expressed Saturday at a gay marriage rally sponsored by Marriage Equality Rhode Island. About 150 same-sex marriage supporters gathered on the south steps of the State House demanding legislation to legalize same-sex marriage.Despite cold ...
"Operation Red Cup" may sound like the most epic house party of all time, but it is in fact quite the opposite — a full-scale effort by the city of Providence to crack down on the raucous behavior of Providence College, Johnson and Wales University and Rhode Island College students carousing off ...
The Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education voted last week to increase tuition and fees at state public colleges for the 2010-2011 school year.
Rhode Island's cities and towns, their budgets tighter than ever, are considering sharing services such as fire departments and trash pickup to save money.
Starting Nov. 2, Providence residents will have to put their recycling bins on the curb — even if they are empty — or their trash will not be collected.
Rhode Island's unemployment remains among the highest in the nation as a recent report ranks the state's business tax climate one of the worst countrywide.
This fall, the local "knowledge economy" will get another boost. The Innovation Providence Implementation Council announced recently that it will be awarding $100,000 in grant funding to bolster the local knowledge-based economy.
President Obama nominated Justice O. Rogeriee Thompson '73 to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit this week. The nomination is awaiting a vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee before it goes to the full Senate for confirmation.
The nation-wide debate over health care reform is also contentious in Rhode Island, where a 12.6 percent unemployment rate and an already-strained state budget make questions over health insurance a crucial subject for many elected officials.
In Amy Diaz's world, beauty queens aren't afraid of a little dirt. Diaz, who grew up in Providence, is a national advocate for the environment and green living — and the new Miss Earth USA.
Leaves aren't the only things falling in Providence.
Cold Stone Creamery on Thayer Street closed its doors last week, leaving College Hill ice cream-lovers disappointed and a handful of local students out of a job.
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