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Future streetcar system may connect Brown to downtown
By Brigitta Greene | October 5From Seattle to Cincinnati, streetcars are rattling back onto U.S. streets — and Providence may not be far behind.
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Unpaid days loom ahead for state employees
By Zung Nguyen Vu | October 5The month-long standoff between Governor Donald Carcieri '65 and state employee unions over his plan to meet budget cut requirements may soon be over.
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'Colosseum' club to open in Jewelry District
By Joanna Wohlmuth | September 30One of Providence's largest clubs will soon be reopening under new ownership in the Jewelry District, despite opposition from Brown.
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Test scores still subpar for Providence schools
By George Miller | September 30Rhode Island students underperformed on standardized science tests for a second straight school year in 2009, and the state department of education is working with a Texas-based think tank to bring those scores up.
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RWU opens law clinic for immigrants
By Ben Schreckinger | September 30Immigrants in Rhode Island facing deportation and other legal issues now have a new source of free counsel at Roger Williams University Law School, which recently opened the Immigration Law Clinic to attend to the needs of non-citizens.
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Grant helps R.I. pre-schoolers
By Sydney Ember | September 28The Providence economy may be sputtering, but the city's students are getting an educational boost.
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'Disenchanted,' state rep. leaves G.O.P.
By Alexandra Ulmer | September 28The chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Hispanic Assembly, Ivan Marte, has resigned from his position and left the G.O.P. following a Republican Congressman's outburst during an address by President Obama.
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State legislators will return later this month to full plate
By Sydney Ember | September 28By the time the Rhode Island General Assembly returns to the State House for a two-day session on Oct. 28, the building's halls will have been empty for more than four months. And when the legislature — which hastily left the Capitol June 26 — returns, it will face a host of contentious ...
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Gov. Carcieri '65 takes aim at ACORN
By Brigitta Greene | September 23Rhode Island began a review Monday to ensure that no state payments are going to the state branch of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or any of its affiliates, said Amy Kempe, press secretary to Gov. Donald Carcieri '65.
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Student convicted in Fish Co. assault
By Joanna Wohlmuth | September 23David Howard '09.5 was convicted of simple assault in District Court on Tuesday, according to the Providence Journal. Howard was accused of punching a patron while working as a bouncer at the Fish Company in April.
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Elections fill vacant UCS spots
By Suzannah Weiss | September 23The Undergraduate Council of Students voted to fill open positions Wednesday night in the Crystal Room in Alumnae Hall.
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Hope High, with difficult past, has yet another new face
By Emma Berry | September 23In 2005, the Rhode Island Department of Education took control of an underperforming high school and divided it into three separate "learning communities." Now Hope High's three communities have become two, leaving students to adapt to a school that feels "different."
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Rhody residents may receive extended unemployment benefits
By George Miller | September 23Rhode Island is among 27 states that may receive extended unemployment benefits, thanks to a bill passed by U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday.
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Governor and state workers' unions spar over layoffs
By George Miller | September 23The stalemate between Gov. Donald Carcieri '65 and state workers' unions continued yesterday, as union leaders rejected the state's most recent plan to ease its budget woes. The proposed solution combines unpaid days off and delayed raises.
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Local stores to consumers: remember us!
By Lauren Fedor | September 21More than 20 East Side businesses have signed up to promote the 3/50 Project, a national grassroots organization that encourages consumers to spend $50 a month at three of their favorite independent retailers, restaurants or other local businesses.
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R.I. unemployment third in country
By George Miller | September 21Rhode Island's unemployment rate dropped from second highest to third highest in the nation — a hollow victory for the country's smallest state, which still had the highest number of jobless workers in its history, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report.
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Alum to lead newest R.I. political party
By George Miller | September 21The newly minted Moderate Party of Rhode Island has hired Christine Hunsinger MPA'08 as its new executive director, the party announced in a Sept. 18 press release.
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City planning moves forward
By Mitra Anoushiravani | September 16Amid neighborhood skepticism, a final draft of a proposal to allow commercial development in the former Shooters Restaurant property by India Point Park was presented on Tuesday night by the Rhode Island Department of Planning and Development.
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City uproots homeless colony
By Sara Sunshine | September 16After being evicted from their camps by city and state officials, a community of Providence homeless people who sought safety in numbers has been left looking for a home before the arrival of winter.
