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Pro-Palestinian encampment at Brown University in October 2024.
Article
Education
Education
Trump Administration to Cut $510 Million in Funding to Brown University
The Ivy League school said it could not substantiate the planned cuts widely reported by national news outlets
April 4, 2025
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Lynn Arditi
Wind turbine debris, shown on Nobadeer Beach on Nantucket, was strewn in local waters and on the shore after a blade failure at Vineyard Wind last summer. Now the Town of Nantucket is challenging the federal approval of a different wind farm, SouthCoast Wind.
Article
Climate & Environment
Climate & Environment
SouthCoast Wind Responds to Nantucket Litigation Against Wind Farm’s Federal Approval
April 4, 2025
 · 
Jennette Barnes
Students and professors have slammed the university for its crackdowns on pro-Palestinian activism on campus.
Article
Education
Education
Brown University to See Half a Billion in Federal Funding Halted by Trump Administration
April 4, 2025
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AP News
Ghost guns on display in Pennsylvania.
Article
News & Culture
News & Culture
Gun Crimes Decline in Rhode Island, But AG Flags Ghost Guns as Growing Threat
April 4, 2025
 · 
Christopher Shea
Zak Mertz holds a spring peeper frog, moments before setting it free next to a vernal pool in Weymouth
Article
Climate & Environment
Climate & Environment
As Spring Arrives, So Does a Symphony of Nature Sounds
April 4, 2025
 · 
Craig LeMoult
Sen. Sam Zurier, a Providence Democrat, wants to radically revise the Crowley Act, which regulates school district takeovers in Rhode Island. The current law does not offer much detail on how the takeovers should operate.
Article
Education
Education
Rhode Island Senators Float Alternatives for a Decades-Old School Takeover Law
April 4, 2025
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Alexander Castro
The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island (pictured) played host to a three-hour hearing on Thursday, April 3 in a lawsuit challenging frozen funds to environmental nonprofits.
Article
News & Culture
News & Culture
What Comes First: Freeze or Review? This is the Question a Federal Judge in Providence Must Decide
Three-hour hearing in environmental nonprofits lawsuit centers on powers of federal agencies
April 4, 2025
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Nancy Lavin
A pair of bills moving through the Rhode Island General Assembly would permit patients to fill multiple months of their ADHD medications — like methylphenidate, or generic Ritalin, shown here — in a single visit to the pharmacy.
Article
Health
Health
Rhode Island Lawmakers Align on ADHD Prescription Bill. Doctors Are More Divided
April 4, 2025
 · 
Alexander Castro
Tony Perratta of East Greenwich said he's worried about creeping authoritarianism.
Article
The Public’s Radio
The Public’s Radio
Anxiety About Democracy Highlights Town Hall in East Greenwich
Rep. Magaziner calls for voters to keep speaking up
April 4, 2025
 · 
Ian Donnis
Article
The Public’s Radio
The Public’s Radio
Trump Tariffs Could Hurt, But Also Create an Incentive to Buy Local
Local farmer’s markets may help, according to food policy advocates
April 4, 2025
 · 
David Wright
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