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Transit riders say moving the Kennedy Plaza bus hub is the last thing RIPTA should be focusing on while it still has a more than $30 million funding hole to fill
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Former Providence Journal sports writer will be honored during the NCAA Final Four
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From Brown’s student journalism on administrative bloat to RISD’s removal of anti-Zionist art, Rhode Island universities are grappling with the tensions between free expression and political sensitivity
The cheap mill spaces that helped put the city on the map have vanished
Advocates for immigrants in New Bedford spoke out against an increase in reported ICE operations on the South Coast
The two grants were appropriated during the Biden administration
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Students say the mood on campus has shifted because of the Trump administration’s high-profile crackdown on immigration and elite universities, combined with Brown University’s tough stance on protesters
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The bill would allow pharmacists to vaccinate children in Rhode Island even if federal approvals are rolled back
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Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos is supporting legislation that she says would help eliminate food deserts in Rhode Island. One proposal would ban grocery stores from using restrictive real estate covenants that keep fresh produce out of local communities
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Supporters say the current political climate has made their work helping immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers more vital and more difficult