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The City of Providence wants to investigate consolidating certain data sources across municipal and school district networks when its schools return from state to local control. The district superintendent is concerned about the plan’s finer points when it comes to data sharing. (Photo illustration by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)

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Education

Smiley Calls for Data Sharing Once Providence Gets Its Schools Back From State

April 14, 2025

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Alexander Castro

A fisherman fishes off rocks at Sachuest Point in Middletown. An advisory panel of fishermen is set to review SouthCoast Wind’s proposal to snake a pair of underwater transmission lines up the Sakonnet River, east of Sachuest Point, then run them underground across the northern tip of Portsmouth and out Mount Hope Bay to make landfall at Brayton Point in Somerset Mass.

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Climate & Environment

Can a Local RI Fishing Panel Make a Difference in Offshore Wind Projects? We’re About to Find Out

After a 17-month hiatus, the Rhode Island Fishermen’s Advisory Board is repopulated and ready to review SouthCoast Wind underwater cables plan

April 14, 2025

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Nancy Lavin

Offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Woods Hole, Massachusetts on March 3, 2025.

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The Public’s Radio

NOAA Employees in Rhode Island and Mass. Fired, Rehired, Then Fired Again

A ruling from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals this week cleared the way for President Trump to re-fire federal employees who had been reinstated to their jobs last month by a lower court

April 14, 2025

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Lynn Arditi

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Bridge Questions

You Asked: Who’s Responsible for the Washington Bridge Crisis?

As part of our Breaking Point: The Washington Bridge series, we’ve been asking for your questions. Now we’re answering them — starting with the most common one

April 14, 2025

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Michelle San Miguel

A crane stacks turbine components at the New London State Pier Terminal. The offshore wind industry has generated millions of dollars for the city and local economy in recent years.

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Climate & Environment

The Northeast Bet Big on Offshore Wind. Trump Wants to Halt the Industry Entirely

April 14, 2025

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Miriam Wasser

Two North Atlantic right whales photographed by the NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Center aerial survey team in May 2016.

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Climate & Environment

Right Whale ‘Peak Season’ Arrives in Cape Cod Bay

April 13, 2025

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Eve Zuckoff

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Climate & Environment

Buzzing Breakthrough: URI Students Discover Two Bee Species Never Seen in Rhode Island

Wading through local cranberry bogs, two researchers from the University of Rhode Island uncover rare pollinators—shedding light on climate change’s silent toll on bee populations

April 12, 2025

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Pamela Watts