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The Rhode Island Senate President’s chair, center, has not been occupied by Sen. Dominick Ruggerio for 13 of the 17 regularly scheduled floor sessions so far this year. He is expected to return to the upper chamber on April 22 after lawmakers' April break.

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News & Culture

Senate President Ruggerio Takes More Time Off to Focus on ‘Rebuilding His Strength’

April 11, 2025

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Nancy Lavin

Bill DelSanto, a table dealer at Bally’s Twin River casino in Lincoln, speaks in favor of banning smoking inside the state’s two casinos before the House Committee on Finance on April 10, 2025.

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News & Culture

Push to Ban Smoking at Rhode Island’s Casinos Reignites at the State House

April 11, 2025

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Christopher Shea

Dr. McCutcheon's students conducted a survey on the URI campus to see how many people could name five women artists. (left to right) Sara Laurent, Kristine Bolarinho, Isabelle LaBarbera, Grace Horner.

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Arts & Entertainment

Most People Can’t Name Five Women Artists. URI Art Historian Wants to Change That

Can you name five women artists? That’s the question posed by Erin L. McCutcheon, as part of a course she teaches as assistant professor of Arts of the Americas at the University of Rhode Island

April 11, 2025

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James Baumgartner

Dr. Chris Van Hemelrijck in the lobby of South County Hospital near plaques listing names of donors, in March 2025

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The Public’s Radio

Is South County Hospital’s Escalating Fight with Critics Alienating Donors?

The hospital filed a lawsuit in March

April 11, 2025

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Lynn Arditi

A person enters the Gaza solidarity sukkah on the lawn near University Hall on the Brown University campus in Providence, R.I. on Tuesday, October. 22, 2024.

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The Public’s Radio

Federal Government Investigates Brown for Civil Rights Violations

The investigation previously covered activities at the Warren Alpert Medical School and is now expanded to the entire university from the period of Oct. 7, 2023 to the present

April 11, 2025

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Olivia Ebertz

Empty plastic beverage bottles litter a park off Broadway in Newport.

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Climate & Environment

Bottle Bills Bubble Up in Rhode Island General Assembly

After years of debate, Rhode Island lawmakers unveil competing bottle bills aiming to boost recycling and cut litter — but retailers remain wary and questions linger over logistics

April 11, 2025

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Christopher Shea

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley reviews a document before speaking on the city’s school transition plan during a press conference at the Zuccolo Recreation Center on Federal Hill on Thursday, April 10, 2025.

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Education

Smiley’s Plan Sees Brighter Future for Providence Schools. RIDE Thinks It’s Stuck in the Past

Mayor Smiley unveils an ambitious roadmap to reclaim Providence schools from state control, but state education officials say the plan lacks clarity and collaboration

April 11, 2025

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Alexander Castro

Student organizers from OurSchoolsPVD, the Providence Youth Student Movement and the Alliance of RI Southeast Asians pose for a portrait outside the Rhode Island State Library on April 9, 2025. From left to right are Angel Solis, Nevaeh Senecal, Milia Odom and Jesslynn Melendez.

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Education

What’s Missing From Rhode Island’s High Schools? Ethnic Studies, Students Say

Backed by youth advocacy groups, a new bill would mandate ethnic studies in all public RI high schools by 2026, aiming to reflect the diverse histories of the state’s student population

April 10, 2025

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Alexander Castro