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April 17, 2018
Rhode Island Recommits to Vendor Behind Troubled Social Services System ... by Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal / April 17, 2018 ... (TNS) — PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Raimondo administration has extended until next spring the state's contract with Deloitte Consulting, the company that designed and deliveredÃâà...
The Providence Journal
April 17, 2018
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A new study shows Rhode Island's tax credit for movies and television productions is causing the state to lose an average of $1.8 million in revenue a year. WPRI-TV reports the state has given at least $84 million in credits since the program was enacted in 2005. The state OfficeÃâà...
The Providence Journal
April 17, 2018
Seeing the April 12 headline “Hospitals decry cuts in spending,” I immediately thought of our beleaguered medical system in Rhode Island. Closing hospitals, longer waits in emergency rooms, difficulty finding a primary care doctor. A story I often hear, but never see covered in the news media, is theÃâà...
The Providence Journal
April 17, 2018
My Turn: William Perry: R.I. officials defy immigration law ... Are some of Rhode Island's State and local officials openly defying U.S. immigration laws? ... Gina Raimondo, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza and Central Falls Mayor James Diossa and others may be guilty of dereliction of duty and fosteringÃâà...
The Providence Journal
April 17, 2018
... Providence Journal Archive Ãâ÷ Podcasts. Ãâé Copyright 2006-2018 GateHouse Media, LLC. All rights reserved • GateHouse Opinion. Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted. providencejournal.com ~ 75 Fountain St., Providence, RI 02902Ãâà...
The Providence Journal
April 17, 2018
In an April 6 editorial (“R.I. recovers its stolen history”), The Providence Journal Editorial Board recounted a story about Rhode Island colonial court records being rescued from online auction and returned to the State Judicial Records Center. Fortunately for us, this story has a happy ending, but it does shineÃâà...
The Providence Journal
April 17, 2018
One of Rhode Island's apparent gubernatorial wannabes, former Secretary of State Matt Brown, engaged in some fantastical thinking on these pages last week (“Use wind, not natural gas, to power R.I.,” Commentary, April 13). He cheered on the “heroic fight” against a state-of-the-art, $1 billion power plantÃâà...
The Providence Journal
April 16, 2018
As today's soggy marathon is under way, here are some pictures from today and the past, including some Rhode Island winners. [1/13]. 1939: ELLISON MYER ... In 1938, Leslie Pawson, of Pawtucket, RI, gets his Laurel Wreath crown after winning the 1938 Boston Marathon. This was the third time he wonÃâà...
Uprise RI (blog)
April 16, 2018
Cyd McKenna has launched her campaign to be the next Providence city councilor from Ward 13, replacing Bryan Principe, who is not seeking re-election. McKenna launched her campaign Saturday “in front of a blighted and abandoned property and surrounded by family, supporters and friends.”.
The Providence Journal
April 16, 2018
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In 2016, there were 1,580 evictions in Providence, which breaks down to an average of 4.3 evictions every single day of the year. For the entire state of Rhode Island, there were 5,069 evictions in 2016, or nearly 14 a day. In 2009, when there were 2,840 foreclosure deeds filed inÃâà...
The Providence Journal
March 16, 2018
Network After Work, Whiskey Republic, 15 Bridge St., Providence, 6 to 9 p.m. $15-$49. To register, visit http://bit.ly/2Imz1tP. Ocean State Toastmasters will meet at Warwick City Hall, 3275 Post Rd., 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, call Merrill Winoker, vice president of membership, at (401) 688-4741 orÃâà...
The Providence Journal
March 16, 2018
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Career Day job and career-exploration fair hosted by IYRS and the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association, Composites Alliance of Rhode Island and Polaris MEP. Guided tours of the IYRS facilities begin at 9 a.m. Career fair begins at 9:30 a.m. For more information, go toÃâà...
The Providence Journal
March 16, 2018
The convention center and its sister venues — through meetings, conventions, exhibitions, Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra concerts, Providence Bruins hockey games and Providence College Friars basketball games — immensely improve the quality of life of people in and around Rhode Island.
WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
March 16, 2018
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Central Falls man accused of shooting and injuring another man inside the parking garage at the Providence Place mall back in January was formally charged in court Thursday. Earlier this month, a grand jury indicted Sandy Reyes on several charges, including assault withÃâà...
The Providence Journal
March 16, 2018
R.I. legislator flushes bill to ban outhouses ... PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rep. ... Court chief judge whose fascination with these quirky little buildings earned her the nickname "Queen of latrines," and by a local author working on his third book about the 300-plus outhouses that dot the Rhode Island landscape.
The Providence Journal
March 16, 2018
Three new members have been appointed to the Teach for America – Rhode Island regional advisory board. Donna J. Charlton, of Cumberland, is the interim principal with the Nowell Leadership Academy in Providence. A career educator with more than 27 years of experience in secondary schoolÃâà...
The Providence Journal
March 16, 2018
Vanguard America, a group believed responsible for hanging a violent and misogynistic banner on a Route 95 overpass in Providence during the Rhode Island Women's March in January, was one of the white supremacist groups also at the “Unite The Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., in August, accordingÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 16, 2018
The story of notorious late Rhode Island Mayor Buddy Cianci, who was forced out of office twice, is coming to the stage. ... FILE - In this October 1998 file photo, then-Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci Jr. poses before the city skyline in Providence, R.I. The story of the notorious late mayor, who was forced out ofÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 16, 2018
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence has joined seven other Rhode Island municipalities in banning single-use plastic bags. WPRI-TV reports Providence City Council approved the ordinance Thursday, which also requires retailers to charge at least 10 cents for replacement paper bags or more durableÃâà...
Vogue.com
March 16, 2018
For now, I bounce from coast to coast, but I plan to die in Providence. I was student at the Rhode Island School of Design more than a decade ago, and the magic of that jewel-box of a city still pulls on my heartstrings. It's the Victorian homes, industrial buildings, the charmingly gruff New EnglandÃâà...
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