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The RI State of the State address Tuesday, January 14, 2025. Peter Alviti, director of RIDOT.

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Politics

Politics

McKee Wants to Give Raises to 11 State Department Heads. Not So Fast, Shekarchi Says

March 25, 2025

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Politics

Politics

WATCH LIVE: PBS and NPR Leaders Testify on Federal Support for Public Broadcasting in House Hearing

The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, March 26 at 10:00 a.m.

March 25, 2025

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The Refugee Dream Center in Providence was founded in 2015.

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Community

Community

Rhode Island’s Refugee Dream Center Celebrates 10 Years Helping New Arrivals

Supporters say the current political climate has made their work helping immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers more vital and more difficult

March 25, 2025

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The Rhode Island Office of the Public Defender on Pine Street in Providence.

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Politics

Politics

Understaffed Rhode Island Public Defender’s Office Asked for Two More Attorneys. McKee’s Budget Says No

Pay raises delayed by state payroll system cloud conversion should happen soon

March 25, 2025

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Christopher Shea

Sam Wallace, Brandi Tucker and Em Schluter pose against a wall mural outside DelSesto Middle School in Providence. Wallace, left, a librarian, and Schluter, right, an ESL teacher, both work at the school but were recently issued nonrenewal notices, which would prevent them from returning to teach in Providence next year. Tucker, also one of the 17 educators issued a nonrenewal this year in the Providence public school system, works at nearby Webster Avenue Elementary School. The educators are appealing their nonrenewals.

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Education

Education

Nonbinary Providence Teachers Fight to Keep Their Jobs. They Have Some Allies in Their Corner

Personnel decisions in city’s schools highlight power struggle in state takeover

March 25, 2025

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Alexander Castro

Federal immigration agents used a battering ram to enter a home in the city’s South End, according to family members present.

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The Public’s Radio

The Public’s Radio

Two Guatemalan Men Detained by ICE in New Bedford

Agents used a battering ram to enter a home in the city’s South End, according to family members present

March 25, 2025

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Paul C. Kelly Campos

Pam and David Mello were among the passengers who took advantage of train service to Boston on Monday, March 24, 2025.

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The Public’s Radio

The Public’s Radio

What It’s Like to (Finally) Ride the Train From New Bedford to Boston

For the first time in six decades, the South Coast has passenger rail service to Boston: South Coast Rail

March 25, 2025

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth prepares to give a television interview outside the White House, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Washington.

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Politics

Politics

The Inside Story of How a Journalist Was Sent White House War Plans

March 25, 2025

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The Anna Fascitelli Fitness and Wellness Center, which opened in 2013 in a former dining hall on the University of Rhode Island Kingston campus, is shown. URI may increase the fee for students to use the fitness center by $6 to $116 under proposed tuition and fee increases for the 2025-2026 academic year that received preliminary approval Monday.

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Education

Education

How the Ph.D. Project, and 45 Colleges, Became a Target of the Trump Administration

University of Rhode Island, MIT among universities targeted

March 24, 2025

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Elissa Nadworny

A right whale known as #5120 is seen in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in July 2021. The young female was killed by chronic entanglement wounds and found on a Martha's Vineyard beach.

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Climate & Environment

Climate & Environment

Ship Owner Challenging Federal Ship Speed Rules Aimed at Protecting Right Whales

March 24, 2025

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