Breaking Down the Ballot: Should Rhode Islanders Support Capital Improvements at URI and RIC?

On Nov. 5, Rhode Island voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on five statewide ballot questions.

Question No. 2 asks voters to approve a $160.5 million bond that would go toward capital improvements at two of the state’s higher education facilities.

Approximately $87.5 million would be used to build a new biomedical sciences building at URI’s Kingston campus, and $73 million would help transform Whipple Hall at Rhode Island College into a home for the school’s fledgling Institute for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies.

Jim Langevin, a former congressman and the Distinguished Chair at the Institute for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College, spoke to Luis Hernandez of The Public’s Radio about the measure on the ballot.

Go here to see all five referenda questions on this year’s ballot, and click here for more information on when, where and how to vote in this year’s election.

This interview was conducted by The Public’s Radio. You can read the entire story here.