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The president and CEO of The Public’s Radio and Rhode Island PBS said she is “very concerned.”
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The state senator who represents Providence says the city should explore new ways to raise revenue
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Speaker Shekarchi calls the effort important for retaining the company
The payment resolves a federal lawsuit against former patrolman Michael Pessoa, who was convicted in 2023 of punching a handcuffed suspect in the face and filing false reports to cover up the incident
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Rhode Island celebrates the arrival of spring with the tradition of May Breakfasts. The oldest, at Cranston’s Oaklawn Community Baptist Church, has been going strong for 156 years
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Failure to pass police decertification laws results in information black hole on officers
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Legislation to strengthen police oversight repeatedly thwarted in Rhode Island
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Brown Environmental Studies and Sociology professor J. Timmons Roberts says the federal government’s actions have rendered the school a very different place than just a year ago
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We highlight a few of the many events happening across the Community Libraries of Providence – from a jug band ensemble to a PechaKucha night. Plus: what they’re reading at Rocheambeau Library’s banned books club
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Former Majority Leader Pearson says other senators sparked his falling out with Ruggerio